They found that for every degree Celsius decrease in global warming,
potential fish catches could increase by more than three metric million tons per year.
If countries abide by the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius,
potential fish catches could increase by six million metric tons per year, according to a new study published in Science.
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potential could translate into a lot of beautiful tropical
fish suddenly
catching your attention.
We found that a ban combined with
catch quotas has the greatest
potential to incentivise more selective
fishing, but only for regulated species such as cod, haddock and plaice.
«By looking at the decline in
fish food over time, we can estimate how much our total
potential fisheries
catch could be reduced,» said Moore, who helped develop the Community Earth System Model employed in this study.
Fishing is one
potential culprit: By
catching fish that eat cephalopods or compete with them for food, humans create gaps in the food chain for these adaptable creatures to fill.
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fishing, among
potential catches the elusive bonefish and the Atlantic blue marlin.
Coastal areas and nations dependent upon
fishing for food and revenue are likely to suffer as well, the report said, with broad changes in marine species richness and fisheries
catch potential as warming and increasingly acidic seas cause species to move to different parts of the ocean.