Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji

Capture fisheries and aquaculture sectors have played major roles in the national economy and food security of Fiji. But climate change may place substantial stress on these sectors within this archipelago. This paper assesses the potential economic impact of two important climate change adaptation...

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Autores principales: Dey, Madan M., Gosh, Kamal, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, Rosegrant, Mark W., Chen, Oai Li
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147509
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author Dey, Madan M.
Gosh, Kamal
Valmonte-Santos, Rowena
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Chen, Oai Li
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description Capture fisheries and aquaculture sectors have played major roles in the national economy and food security of Fiji. But climate change may place substantial stress on these sectors within this archipelago. This paper assesses the potential economic impact of two important climate change adaptation strategies in Fiji, natural resource management (NRM) and aquaculture, using a market fish supply–demand model. The model undertakes a comparative analysis of alternative fisheries development scenarios for 2035 and 2050, while taking account of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector. The modeling and scenario analyses show that promoting aquaculture can help raise aggregate fish production, consumption, and trade. However, the required increases in aquaculture could be massive. While aquaculture development alone is unlikely to meet the growing excess demand for fish in Fiji, it will be an important component in adapting to the negative effects of climate change on capture fisheries. Various NRM strategies, such as marine protected areas (MPAs) and locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), are projected to have positive impacts in Fiji, expanding the stock and catch of fish. But current efforts on various NRM strategies are too small to have any meaningful impact to reverse the declining trends of coastal fisheries catch. Efforts would need to be greatly scaled-up to achieve significant production gains.
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spelling CGSpace1475092025-02-19T14:08:06Z Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji Dey, Madan M. Gosh, Kamal Valmonte-Santos, Rowena Rosegrant, Mark W. Chen, Oai Li aggregate data natural resources management aquaculture econometric models fish climate change Capture fisheries and aquaculture sectors have played major roles in the national economy and food security of Fiji. But climate change may place substantial stress on these sectors within this archipelago. This paper assesses the potential economic impact of two important climate change adaptation strategies in Fiji, natural resource management (NRM) and aquaculture, using a market fish supply–demand model. The model undertakes a comparative analysis of alternative fisheries development scenarios for 2035 and 2050, while taking account of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector. The modeling and scenario analyses show that promoting aquaculture can help raise aggregate fish production, consumption, and trade. However, the required increases in aquaculture could be massive. While aquaculture development alone is unlikely to meet the growing excess demand for fish in Fiji, it will be an important component in adapting to the negative effects of climate change on capture fisheries. Various NRM strategies, such as marine protected areas (MPAs) and locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), are projected to have positive impacts in Fiji, expanding the stock and catch of fish. But current efforts on various NRM strategies are too small to have any meaningful impact to reverse the declining trends of coastal fisheries catch. Efforts would need to be greatly scaled-up to achieve significant production gains. 2016-01-29 2024-06-21T09:22:58Z 2024-06-21T09:22:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147509 en Open Access Elsevier Dey, Madan M.; Gosh, Kamal; Valmonte-Santos, Rowena; Rosegrant, Mark W.; and Chen, Oai Li. 2016. Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji. Marine Policy 67(2016): 164 - 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.023
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Gosh, Kamal
Valmonte-Santos, Rowena
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Chen, Oai Li
Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title_full Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title_fullStr Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title_full_unstemmed Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title_short Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Fiji
title_sort economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in fiji
topic aggregate data
natural resources management
aquaculture
econometric models
fish
climate change
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