Amon, Diva J. and Abrantes, Juliano Palacios and Lily, Hannah and Drazen, Jeffrey C. and Nathan, Neil and McCau, Douglas and Grient, Jesse M. A. van der (2023) Climate change to drive increasing overlap between Pacific tuna fisheries and emerging deep-sea mining industry. NPJ Ocean Sustainability, 2 (9). p. 8.
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In ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction, various legal regimes and governance structures result in diffused responsibility and create challenges for management. Here we show those challenges are set to expand with climate change driving increasing overlap between eastern Pacific tuna fisheries and the emerging industry of deep-sea mining. Climate models suggest that tuna distributions will shift in the coming decades. Within the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, a region containing 1.1 million km2 of deep-sea mining exploration contracts, the total biomass for bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin tuna species are forecasted to increase relative to today under two tested climate-change scenarios. Percentage increases are 10–11% for bigeye, 30–31% for skipjack, and 23% for yellowfin. The interactions between mining, fish populations, and climate change are complex and unknown. However, these projected increases in overlap indicate that the potential for conflict and resultant environmental and economic repercussions will be exacerbated in a climate-altered ocean. This has implications for the holistic and sustainable management of this area, with pathways suggested for closing these critical gaps.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Climate Change, Tuna, Sustainable Management, High Seas, Fishery Resources, Conservation, Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), Conflicts, Biomass, Mining |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 09:15 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21931 |
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