Climate change is already influencing life in the ocean and will continue to do so into the future with consequences for fisheries and seafood production. In this new book chapter in “The Impacts of Climate Change: Comprehensive Study of the Physical, Societal and Political Issues” ( edited by T. Letcher ) we review how observed and projected future climate-change effects alter the distribution and abundance of target species, the composition and dynamics of marine food webs, and the productivity of ocean ecosystems with consequences for fisheries and seafood production. We discuss how more sustainable and climate-adapted management could help maintain marine fisheries into the future, and how the conservation of ocean ecosystems could mitigate some climate and other global change effects.
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