Fisheries and climate change

Updated: Tue, 5 Jun 2018

Deep-sea gear helps Kenyan fishermen ride rough waves of climate change

With modern boats and diving kit, fishermen feel safer in stormy seas and are improving catches, while they are working in co-ops to boost business and protect the shore

Small-scale fishermen turn to apps and AI to tackle climate change
Digital tools allowing fishermen to share ideas and monitor catches are helping to tackle overfishing and protect livelihoods By Michael Taylor | Tue, 2 Mar 2021
Kenya issues smart ID cards to protect fishing and forests
Cards aim to make it easier to identify those illegally cutting mangrove forests or poaching fish along Kenya's coast By Hannah McNeish | Mon, 28 Oct 2019
Runaway warming could sink fishing and reef tourism: researchers
Reef tourism, a nearly $36-billion-a-year industry today, could see more than 90% losses by 2100, ocean experts warn By Laurie Goering | Fri, 6 Dec 2019
Bangladesh's fishermen struggle as cyclone threat grows
Kept at home by an increase in storm warnings, fishermen are struggling to feed their families By Rafiqul Islam | Fri, 8 Mar 2019
Ocean treaty needed to tackle 'deep trouble', says UN envoy
The oceans are increasingly threatened by global warming, acidification and pollution, and the impacts will affect us all, warned the U.N. oceans envoy By Adela Suliman | Sat, 31 Aug 2019
Warming waters heat up fishing costs along India’s Malabar Coast
Climate change is making an already difficult search for fish harder, boosts costs for fuel, ice and nets By Colin Daileda | Mon, 25 Feb 2019
Global warming could decimate fish supplies, fuel migration
Fisheries provide about 260 million full-time and part-time jobs globally with seafood products a critical export for developing nations By Erin Cobby | Wed, 27 Feb 2019
Brazil protects vast sea areas in bid to safeguard biodiversity
Including two new marine reserves, Brazil will protect about 25 percent of its waters, says president By Sophie Hares | Fri, 9 Mar 2018
Iceland reaps riches from warming oceans as fish swim north
Now able to catch mackerel near the Arctic Circle, Icelanders are seeing new opportunities from climate change By Thin Lei Win | Thu, 21 Sep 2017
Stinky seaweed and sick fish: warming oceans threaten livelihoods
Climate change will reduce the productivity of fisheries in the world's exclusive economic zones by up to 12 percent by 2050 By Thin Lei Win | Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reef
As climate change and growing tourism hurt coral, efforts to "garden" new coral - and save incomes - are paying off By Anastasia Moloney | Mon, 12 Nov 2018
Climate change "threatens Thai fight against illegal fishing"
Climate change is slowing recovery of stocks in traditional fishing grounds, pushing boats outside Thai waters By Reuters | Mon, 28 Nov 2016
No water? Parched Kenyans take up an unlikely new crop: fish
Farmers who had never tasted fish are now raising tilapia and catfish for factories producing fish sausages, samosas and kebabs By Caroline Wambui | Fri, 4 May 2018
As warming seas menace fish, communities seek to stay afloat
Climate change threatens the fishing and seafood business all around the world, and efforts are underway to adapt By Laurie Goering | Fri, 25 Nov 2016

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