Some of their recent work has focused on creating tools to better comprehend these climate impacts across a range of geographic and temporal scales. Scientists at NOAA, partner agencies, and universities collect and analyze data to monitor recent trends, and develop models to forecast future changes. The foundation of a proactive approach to climate adaptation is an understanding of climate impacts on ocean ecosystems and seafood species. Here’s a look at just some of the ways NOAA Fisheries and our partners are laying the groundwork for adapting our fisheries and aquaculture to a changing climate through the decades ahead. People across the nation are applying their talents, on-the-water experiences, and imaginations to tackle this challenge from different angles.
The good news is that we are already taking a proactive approach to climate adaptation by working together to identify innovative solutions and equitable responses. The inevitable changes to ocean ecosystems will require adapting our science, management, and communities to a new seafood future. Rather than despair, people who care about the future of American seafood must be clear-eyed about the challenges we face. In recent months, these climate change impacts have been especially dramatic in Alaska, leading to catastrophic declines in snow crab and Yukon River Chinook and chum salmon. Warming ocean temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and increasing acidity are already shifting and stressing the species we love to eat. But we are also mindful of the challenges a changing ocean poses to the future of these harvests and all the people that bring them to us.
This October, we’re celebrating National Seafood Month by featuring (and feasting on) the bounties of our nation’s seafood industry.
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