Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems

RE Short, S Gelcich, DC Little, F Micheli, EH Allison… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) provide livelihoods for over 100 million
people and sustenance for~ 1 billion people, particularly in the Global South. Aquatic foods …

Impact of the 2014–2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies

CM Free, SC Anderson, EA Hellmers… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are increasingly affecting marine ecosystems, with cascading impacts on
coastal economies, communities, and food systems. Studies of heatwaves provide crucial …

Maladaptation in food systems and ways to avoid it

RB Kerr - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Increasing evidence of maladaptation in agriculture and food
systems.•Agricultural intensification strategies often have maladaptive impacts.•Adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of research on climate risk insurance: A bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022

YH Lin, LJ Wang, XY Shi, MP Chen - Advances in climate change research, 2023 - Elsevier
Insurance against climate risk is essential for mitigating the adverse effects of climate
change. However, theoretical consensus regarding climate risk insurance remains elusive …

Enhancing the resilience of blue foods to climate shocks using insurance

JR Watson, CM Spillman, LR Little… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract For the Blue Foods economy—those sectors that gain value from the biological
productivity of the oceans such as fisheries and aquaculture—climate shocks pose an …

Climate change adaptation and extreme weather in the small-scale fisheries of Dominica

R Turner, P McConney, I Monnereau - Coastal Management, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, changes in the intensity, severity and frequency of storms threaten potentially
catastrophic impacts on fisheries. These threats present a significant challenge to Small …

Global climate change risk to fisheries–A multi-risk assessment

N Heck, MW Beck, B Reguero, K Pfliegner, M Ricker… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Our study explores variations in the risk of fishery-dependent coastal nations to ocean
acidification, sea surface temperature change, sea level rise, and storms. Our findings reveal …

[HTML][HTML] Disaster risk in Caribbean fisheries: How vulnerability is shaped and how it can be reduced in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda

C Shelton, CS White, J Forster, S Conlon… - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hurricanes and tropical storms have a substantial and sustained influence on fisheries
globally. These threats present particularly significant challenges in Caribbean islands …

[HTML][HTML] Trade-offs between physical risk and economic reward affect fishers' vulnerability to changing storminess

NC Sainsbury, PW Schuhmann, RA Turner… - Global Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change-driven alterations in storm frequency and intensity threaten the wellbeing of
billions of people who depend on fisheries for food security and livelihoods. Weather …

Exploring fishers' perceptions of index insurance and coral reef health in the context of climate-driven changes in extreme events

KM Maltby, L Acosta, B Townhill, J Touza… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate-change-driven storminess and extreme events are increasingly challenging fishers
in tropical island countries. Weather-based index insurance is an emerging tool that can …