Members of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit attended the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington D.C Friday. With Rashid Sumaila as organizer, Daniel Pauly as moderator and fisheries economists Andrew Dyck and Vicky Lam presenting, members of the Fisheries Centre and their research were well represented at this year’s symposium, leading up to next year’s symposium to be held here at UBC.
Presentations at this year’s symposium emphasized the linkages between the physical, ecological, and socioeconomic systems upon which fisheries depend, and the growing consensus that addressing climate change requires close scientific assessment of these linkages. Rashid Sumaila, head of the Fisheries Economics Unit at UBC, gave a presentation on a baseline for understanding the socioeconomic effects of climate change on fisheries and human welfare, while Andrew Dyck explored the food security implications of climate change in the tropics and Vicky Lam presented a paper on the different impacts climate change will have on fisheries in different parts of the world.
For more information, Nature’s blog on climate change has an article featuring the symposium.