October 8, 2009
Graph of the Day: Change in Fisheries Catch Potential, 2005-2055
Change in maximum catch potential from 2005 to 2055 under doubling of greenhouse gas concentration by the year 2100. Cheung, W.W.L., Lam, V.W.Y., Sarmiento, J. L., Kearney, K., Watson, R., Zeller, D. and Pauly, D., Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change. Global Change Biology. OCTOBER 2009. Summarized in: Redistribution of Fish Catch by Climate Change: A Summary of a New Scientific Analysis, October 2009. [pdf]
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