FAO Fact Sheet – Climate Change, Energy and Food: Climate Change, Fisheries and Aquaculture

This policy document presents major climate change threats to fisheries and aquaculture. These include higher water temperatures, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, changes in ocean salinity and acidity, more cyclones in some areas, less rain in others, shifting patterns and abundance of fish stocks. The document underlines that climate change compromises the sustainability and productivity of a key economic and environmental resource, but it also presents opportunities, especially in aquaculture.