Climate Change and Marine resources

Summary

South Africa's fisheries face significant challenges from climate change, particularly in predicting its effects and ensuring the sustainable use of marine resources and food security. The Branch Fisheries is addressing this through ongoing retrospective data analysis and planned collaborative model-based research to improve understanding of climate risks and vulnerabilities in targeted fisheries. This initiative is currently in progress, aiming to integrate an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management and includes future plans like risk assessments and carbon footprint estimation.

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