Using scenarios to project the changing profitability of fisheries under climate change

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 603-622

  Jones, Miranda C ^a,b,c,d   Dye, Stephen R ^b,c   Pinnegar, John K ^c   Warren, Rachel ^b   Cheung, William W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fishery profitability; Multimodel approach; Scenarios; Species distribution modelling; UK waters

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; STATE ROLE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VALUATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84944459971     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12081     Document Type: Article

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