Climate-Resilient Fisheries

By building climate resilient fisheries, people and ecosystems can be better sustained even as temperatures rise.

Climate change impacts are dramatically stressing our oceans, putting at risk both global ocean health and the goods and services oceans provide. Fisheries across the globe are already feeling the effects of climate change, from the southeastern Pacific anchovy fishery to the northern Atlantic mackerel fishery.

Adaptive and forward-looking management strengthens the ocean’s ability to withstand current and future climate change impacts. By anticipating future changes, we can work today to ensure that fish populations and the communities that depend on them are more resilient to climate impacts.

% by which climate change threatens to reduce the ocean's ability to produce fish for food

% of the world’s fish populations could shift across the boundaries of one or more countries by 2100

Pathways to climate-resilient fisheries, guiding EDF's oceans work

Pathways to climate-resilient fisheries

EDF has established five pathways to climate-resilient fisheries. Click on each pathway to explore case studies, resources and tools and learn how you can begin incorporating climate-resilience into your fishery.