Main Title |
Global Climate Change: Policy Implications for Fisheries. |
Author |
Gucinski, H. ;
Lackey, R. T. ;
Spence, B. C. ;
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CORP Author |
Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. ;NSI Technology Services Corp., Corvallis, OR. ;Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. |
Publisher |
c1990 |
Year Published |
1990 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-90/405; |
Stock Number |
PB91-171611 |
Additional Subjects |
Climatic changes ;
Fisheries ;
Environmental effects ;
Air pollution ;
Global aspects ;
Aquatic ecosystems ;
Global warming ;
Oceans ;
Fresh water ;
Species distribution ;
Biological effects ;
Air water interactions ;
Food chains ;
Reprints ;
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB91-171611 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
8p |
Abstract |
Several government agencies are evaluating policy options for addressing global climate change. These include planning for anticipated effects and developing mitigation options where feasible if climate does change as predicted. For fisheries resources, policy questions address effects on international, national, and regional scales. Climate change variables expected to affect inland and offshore fisheries include temperature rise, changes in the hydrologic cycle, alterations in nutrient fluxes, and reduction and relocation of spawning and nursery habitat. These variables will affect resources at all levels of biological organization, including the genetic, organism, population, and ecosystem levels. In this context, changes in primary productivity, species composition in the food-web, migration, invasions, synchrony in biological cycles, shifts in utilization of niches, and problems of larvae entrainment in estuaries have been identified. Maintaining ecosystem robustness (i.e., high biodiversity) is another component of the problem. Action requires establishing priorities for information needs, determining appropriate temporal and spatial scales at which to model effects, and accounting for interactive changes in physical and biological cycles. A policy response can be derived when these results are integrated with social needs and human population constraints. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Fisheries, v15 n6 p33-38 Nov/Dec 90. Prepared in cooperation with NSI Technology Services Corp., Corvallis, OR., and Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Global Climate Change: Policy Implications for Fisheries. |
Category Codes |
55C; 98F; 57H; 57Z; 68A |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/02 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
116426037 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |