Featured in Research*eu Magazine

The ClimeFish project features in the latest Research*eu magazine special feature on ‘Oceans under threat: Protecting and preserving our maritime environments’ Read the interview with ClimeFish coordinator Michaela Aschan (UiT).  Read or download the free Research*eu online magazine  

Fisheries stakeholders gathered in Copenhagen

The second loop of ClimeFish stakeholder meetings is underway. Two out of seven planned stakeholder events this year have already been completed.  On 24 April, stakeholders from the Northeast Atlantic pelagic fisheries industry gathered in Copenhagen to discuss challenges arising from climate change, as well as possible ways to adapt, together with ClimeFish scientists. Various…

Northeast Atlantic Fisheries

Main results Slight future increase projected in both mackerel and (for some periods) in blue whiting spawning stock biomass, but reduction for Norwegian spring spawning herring (D3.3). The three species are expected to shift the feeding distribution slightly southwestward during feeding in the summer, with prey availability being the major driver (D3.3). Large increase projected…

Barents Sea Fisheries

Main results: Sea surface temperature is expected to increase during the next two decades, with a concurrent decrease of sea ice coverage in the northern and south eastern Barents Sea. The production potential of the Barents Sea is projected to increase up to 2050. Due to favourable environmental conditions and reduced fishing pressure, the population…

Baltic Sea Fisheries

Main results Pelagic fish will benefit from future warmer temperatures, but future stock sizes will depend strongly on future nutrient loads. Nutrient loading is the quantity of nutrients (of e.g. nitrogen or phosphorus) entering an ecosystem at a given time. Load reductions will decrease the potential for pelagic fisheries, since lower primary production reduces the…

ClimeFish featured on Euronews

“It’s up to us as human beings to do proper regulation of the stocks and to agree among each other – and then we will have a good fishery,” claims ClimeFish coordinator Michaela Aschan, at the end of the 4 minute long film which premiered on Euronews on 29 April. It is translated into several…

West of Scotland Fisheries

Main results The distribution of marine fish species in and around the west of Scotland is changing due to ocean warming. Most species are relocating away from fast warming areas towards slower warming areas, resulting in shifts generally northward and/or towards deeper waters. Warming is also affecting the growth and body size of commercial fish…

Adriatic Sea Fisheries

Main results Fishing activities in the Adriatic are quite vulnerable to increasing water temperature, as almost all target species show cold/temperate thermal affinity Temperature rise could exceed the optimal levels for cold species, leading to a decreasing of abundances until a complete collapse of their populations Increasing presence of thermophilic non-indigenous species in the area…

Czech Lake Lipno

Main results The two main drivers of warm-water fish are temperature and food quantity New methods for calculating Eurasian perch was developed Carp in central Europe is still in suboptimal conditions. It does not reproduce naturally, and biomass loss exceeds the production IBM forecasting the biomass and yield of pikeperch was developed for the Lipno…

North Norwegian Lakes

Main results Salmonids in Northern lakes will experience rapid and substantial warming resulting in a prolonged ice-free season and higher water temperatures Warmer waters at high latitudes will promote temperature-dependent growth for all investigated species Faster somatic growth will lead to increased biomass and production Inland fisheries may benefit from faster growth at moderate fishing…