ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 454-462.DOI: 10.13679/j.jdyj.2015.4.454

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RESEARCH PROGRESS ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON ARCTIC FISHERY RESOURCES

Jiao Min1,4, Chen Xinjun1,2,3,4, Gao Guoping1,4   

  1. 1College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; 2The Key Laboratory of Sustainable Exploitation of Oceanic Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; 3National Engineering Research Center for Oceanic Fisheries, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; 4Collaborative Innovation Center for Distant-water Fisheries, Shanghai 201306, China
  • Received:2014-07-22 Revised:2014-09-25 Online:2015-12-30 Published:2015-12-30

Abstract: Abstract: In last several decades, climate changes are increasingly serious, which has great influence on the fishery resources in the Arctic. The changes including seawater warming, sea level rise and sea ice reduction are caused by climatic variation. All these changes not only directly affect the arctic fishery breeding, life history and temporal-spatial distribution, but also indirectly affect arctic fishery by the ocean current, the Arctic oscillation and ozone sphere. The impact of climate change on the structure and quantity of the Arctic fisheries is irreversible and its impacts are also wide in every aspect. In this paper, we find out the main factors affecting the Arctic fishery resources by analyzing major climate variation. The results will provide the basis for protecting the Arctic fishery resources and also make the development of Arctic fishery more healthy and sustainable.

Key words: climate change, Arctic, fishery resources