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Proactive disclosure Print version ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs
Uncertainties concerning the impacts of climate change on Canadian fisheries, and potential adaptation options, are numerous. Marine ecosystems are extremely complex, and further research is needed to improve understanding of both the underlying processes affecting fish biodiversity, distribution and abundance, and their response to climate change. For instance, a stronger understanding of the relationships between aquatic habitat and fish populations, as well as the linkages between climate parameters and aquatic habitat is required. Although freshwater ecosystems tend to be better understood than marine environments, there remain many uncertainties. Adaptation, though not a new concept for the fisheries sector, needs to be more thoroughly examined in the context of climate change and current regulatory regimes. Emerging issues, including interjurisdictional resource management within a changing climate, need to be addressed and results should be incorporated into domestic licensing policies and international treaties (e.g., references 2, 103). Some key recommendations, as identified in the studies referenced in this chapter, include the following: Impacts
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