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Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

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  • William W. L. Cheung

    (Changing Ocean Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Reg Watson

    (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, Tasmania 7001, Australia)

  • Daniel Pauly

    (Sea Around Us Project, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada)

Abstract

The mean temperature of the catch, an index designed to characterize the effect of climate change on global fisheries catch, increased at a rate of 0.19 degrees Celsius per decade between 1970 and 2006, showing that ocean warming has already affected global fisheries.

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  • William W. L. Cheung & Reg Watson & Daniel Pauly, 2013. "Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch," Nature, Nature, vol. 497(7449), pages 365-368, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:497:y:2013:i:7449:d:10.1038_nature12156
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12156
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