ClimeFish is now listed among the projects of the European Climate Adaptation Platform, Climate-ADAPT. Climate adaption is high on the agenda of the European Union as are both the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and commitments to protect the ozone layer. The European Commission directorate for Climate Action, DG CLIMA, leads the efforts to fight climate…
The National Science Days in Tromsø (Norway) took place on the 25th and 26th of September 2016. ClimeFish presented the project using Lego blocks and cards to represent the contribution of each country and each seafood species to the EU Production, and to illustrate the pressure of Climate Change on EU seafood production. During the busy days, the ClimeFish stand received the…
The 28th of September, coordinators, WP leaders and sector leaders in ClimeFish met in the beautiful city Vigo, located at the west coast of Spain. The aim of the meeting was to discuss scientific progress. We spent one whole day to go through all the work done so far in each WP, pending tasks and coming…
We have made our first movie! The movie illustrates the effects climate changes may have on fisheries and aquaculture in Europe the next 50 years. The movie was made by Ørjan Garfjell, starring Marie-Anne Blanchet at the University of Tromsø, Norway.
Stakeholders from fisheries, aquaculture and lake and ponds production met with ClimeFish researchers to present their needs and discuss their views for the Decision Support Framework (DSF). The ClimeFish DSF is a web-based toolbox that will support seafood production in Europe under climate change conditions. This framework will include several resources for decision-making as management guidelines,…
The Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture takes place in Bangkok, Thailand 8-10th of August 2016. ClimeFish is represented by organizing a session together with our BG2 sister project CERES on the topic: “Preparing for climate change in European fisheries and aquaculture: Lessons learned and transferability to the global context ”,…
Scientists around the world are now pooling their knowledge and capacity in order for the fisheries and aquaculture industry in Europe to tackle climate change in the best possible manner. The overall objective is to save saltwater and freshwater fisheries and aquaculture for the future. 21 research institutions from Europe, Vietnam, Chile and Canada will…
Today we will stick a paper fish to your back – but tomorrow we start investigating the impact of climate change on European fisheries and aquaculture. “We hope to give good advice to the seafood industries so they can be prepared for the climate changes”, says Project Leader of ClimeFish, Michaela Aschan. Today, she and…