Climate Change

Climate Change can affect the ability to achieve good productivity and aquaculture development. For example, increased temperatures can affect productivity both positively (higher winter temperatures) and negatively (extreme pond water temperatures). Also, climate change can affect fishmeal fisheries and reduce availability of related ingredients for aquaculture feeds, although a positive downside to this is that aquaculture can be forced to reduce its dependency on these fisheries.

Climate changes are already being recorded such as more frequent and stronger typhoons, long dry spells resulting to droughts, frequent heavy rains resulting to severe flooding are some of the phenomena that are linked to climate change. These changes are projected to impact broadly across ecosystems and economies, increasing pressures on all livelihoods and food supply chains, including those in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Climate change is a compounding threat to the sustainability of aquaculture development. Impacts occur as a result of gradual warming, the increasing acidity of the oceans and associated physical and chemical changes as well as from frequency, intensity and location of extreme climatic events. How these changes affect the aquaculture organisms in general, the different aquaculture systems and structures, the various support systems to aquaculture operations, and to the fish farmers, are largely unknown.

Climate change adaptation measures need to be developed so that farmers can cope with the increasing climate change impacts.

APN - Activities and Outputs
Climate Change Model Predictions and Scenario Selection
Generic Case Study Methodology
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Aquaculture
Predicted Future Climate Change 2020 and 2050
Resource Use and GHG Emissions by Aquaculture Systems
:: Case Study India

India Shrimp Case Study Report
India Shrimp Technical Brief
India Shrimp Policy Brief
India Shrimp Science Brief
:: Case Study Philippines

Philippines Milkfish Case Study Report
Philippines Milkfish Climate Policy
Philippine Milkfish Climate Science Brief
Philippines Milkfish Climate Technical Brief
:: Case Study Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Case Study Report
Sri lanka Culture-Base Fisheries Climate Policy Brief
Sri lanka Culture-Base Fisheries Climate Science Brief
Sri lanka Culture-Base Fisheries Climate Technical Brief
:: Case Study Vietnam Shrimp

Vietnam Shrimp Case Study Report
Vietnam Polyculture Climate Policy Brief
Vietnam PolyCulture Climate Technical Brief
:: Case Study Vietnam Pangasius

Vietnam Pangasius Case Study
Vietnam catfish Climate Policy Brief
Vietnam Catfish Climate Science Brief
Vietnam catfish Climate Technical Brief





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