The project idea is to initiate a process in the Nordic community of fisheries scientists in order to identify and prepare a common Nordic initiative on a larger interdisciplinary research programme addressing fisheries management in the Arctic under climatic change. The basis for the work will be the fisheries chapter of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA 2005), where a number of climate-related challenges to the fisheries sector where identified, including changes in migration patterns and in-migration of new species from southern latitudes. A prominent finding in the ACIA report was the need to ensure that resource management regimes are robust and well-functioning. |
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