SMAST Seminar - DFO - October 23, 2024 - "Linking Knowledge to Action for Climate Ready and Resilient fisheries the Gulf of Maine" By: Jocelyn Runnebaum
When: Wednesday,
October 23, 2024
3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography
"Linking Knowledge to Action for Climate Ready and Resilient fisheries the Gulf of Maine"
Jocelyn Runnebaum, Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
3pm-4pm
SMAST E 101-102 and via Zoom
Abstract:
Climate change is already and will continue to have far-reaching and multiscale impacts on fisheries, fisheries management, and fishing communities in the Gulf of Maine. Ocean temperatures are warming two to three times faster than the average global rate and commercial landings are near the lowest levels observed for this ecosystem, with several species experiencing historically low population levels. To understand New England harvester's perceptions of the impacts of climate change on themselves, their communities, the ecosystem, and commercially important species in the region we conducted a survey from Maine to Connecticut in 2020. We found that respondents wanted climate change and harvester observations to be considered in fisheries management. We also found that those that believe in climate change see themselves as more vulnerable to its impacts. Calls for fisheries to be climate-ready and climate-resilient have become almost ubiquitous across the fishery management system to with an aim to improve the adaptive capacity of harvesters and to sustain the resilience of changing ecosystems. However, it seems like the scientific information on climate change is not making its way into the fisheries management process in a timely manner. Through an evaluation of the fisheries management process, it is possible to identify how to link knowledge to action for achieving climate ready fisheries management. This includes understanding where specific onramps for climate information and place-based knowledge are in the current process and specific actions at each onramp for how to utilize climate and ecosystem information and diverse knowledge types to inform decision making. This will be a personal, policy, and scientific journey on striving for meaningful outcomes for the Gulf of Maine.
For additional information, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu
"Linking Knowledge to Action for Climate Ready and Resilient fisheries the Gulf of Maine"
Jocelyn Runnebaum, Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
3pm-4pm
SMAST E 101-102 and via Zoom
Abstract:
Climate change is already and will continue to have far-reaching and multiscale impacts on fisheries, fisheries management, and fishing communities in the Gulf of Maine. Ocean temperatures are warming two to three times faster than the average global rate and commercial landings are near the lowest levels observed for this ecosystem, with several species experiencing historically low population levels. To understand New England harvester's perceptions of the impacts of climate change on themselves, their communities, the ecosystem, and commercially important species in the region we conducted a survey from Maine to Connecticut in 2020. We found that respondents wanted climate change and harvester observations to be considered in fisheries management. We also found that those that believe in climate change see themselves as more vulnerable to its impacts. Calls for fisheries to be climate-ready and climate-resilient have become almost ubiquitous across the fishery management system to with an aim to improve the adaptive capacity of harvesters and to sustain the resilience of changing ecosystems. However, it seems like the scientific information on climate change is not making its way into the fisheries management process in a timely manner. Through an evaluation of the fisheries management process, it is possible to identify how to link knowledge to action for achieving climate ready fisheries management. This includes understanding where specific onramps for climate information and place-based knowledge are in the current process and specific actions at each onramp for how to utilize climate and ecosystem information and diverse knowledge types to inform decision making. This will be a personal, policy, and scientific journey on striving for meaningful outcomes for the Gulf of Maine.
For additional information, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu
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