Collaborative Projects that Increase Climate Resilience

Strengthening climate resilience in fisheries through support of existing work and through new projects

FishSCORE2030 supports existing efforts and new projects to achieve adaptive decision-making and planning in fishery systems. Projects focus on different aspects of transforming fisheries systems for climate resilience, including elevating the voices of marginalized individuals in fisheries practices and management, advancing data collection and modeling needed to inform our understanding of climate impacts on fisheries, and employing frameworks for evaluating climate impacts, vulnerabilities, resilience attributes, and opportunities in specific fisheries.

As a UN Ocean Decade program, FishSCORE2030 is an umbrella for projects and activities with similar objectives or synergistic goals. Explore the current projects below:

• Trophic Cascades in Coastal Ecosystems (CASCADES) is researching ecological connections between marine and terrestrial environments and find how anthropogenic impacts like fishing pressure can transfer from land to sea via food-web connections. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) – Norway.
• Adaptive Fisheries Assessment in a Changing Ocean (SAP) has been carrying out an intensive and continuous monitoring program of the fishery resources of the Catalan coast since 2009, with the aim to provide scientific data for best management practices. ICATMAR — Government of Catalonia — Spain.
• Small fisheries management in coastal Mozambique (SFMCM) will contribute to better management of small-scale fisheries and coastal ecosystems by reducing illegal and unsustainable fishing methods and providing alternative sources through investigating alternative fishing methods. Mozambique Oceanographic Institute (InOM) — Mozambique.
• Seafood Free: Seafood Fishery Resource Ecosystem Engineering is implementing a conceptual framework to rebuild the wild population of large yellow croaker in the East China Sea. Zhejiang Ocean University — China.
• Building ADAPtive rESilience of Spanish fisheries (VADAPES-II) is assessing the socio-ecological resilience of the fisheries sector in two Spanish fisheries to climate change to identify priority adaptation and mitigation actions. Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC) — Spain.
• Costa Rica and Honduras collective action for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines is working for the sustainability of small scale fishing in the context of food security and poverty eradication. CoopeSoliDar R.L.
• Climate-smart strategies to develop resilience in artisanal fisheries of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (CLISSARTES) is assessing the climate risk exposure, the connectivity, the vulnerability of commercial fishing species in Mediterranean MPAs and their associated socio-economical costs. Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spanish National Research Council (IEO – CSIC).
• The Western Indian Ocean (WIO), Productivity under climate change is researching ocean system dynamics to understand the impact of climate change on marine species. Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute.
• Bioregional Resilience: Professional Coastal-zone Resource Management (CRM) Planning is working to standardize the knowledge base and related skills to initiate Marine Spatial Food Security Planning for fisherfolk and approximately 10 million linked beneficiaries across the 10 North Philippine Sea Provinces. Daluhay — Daloy ng Buhay.

Through the FishSCORE2030 Network, collaborators may also develop new projects with local and regional practitioners to advance information resources, synthesis products, and other activities to support climate resilience. A developing set of projects will conduct benchmark assessments of resilience to projected climate impacts, evaluate actionable strategies for enhancing resilience, and support fishers and fishing communities in sustainability initiatives. Future projects may include advancing ecosystem conservation goals, social and economic objectives, and sustained and equitable flows of benefits. We expect these projects will be connected and organized with partners from fishery management or non-governmental organizations. This arrangement will help provide a pathway towards longer-term and broader use. The results of these projects will be used to iteratively refine and revise the tools and recommendations that FishSCORE2030 will develop.

There is currently an open Call for Actions by the UN Ocean Decade for new projects. FishSCORE2030 is soliciting new projects to be hosted by the program as part of this call for proposals. For more information, please visit the UN Ocean Decade Call for Actions.

If you are interested in developing a project in conjunction with FishSCORE2030 or sharing information about your work with the FishSCORE Network, please reach out to a team member listed below.

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