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Changing storminess and global capture fisheries

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Climate change-driven alterations in storminess pose a significant threat to global capture fisheries. Understanding how storms interact with fishery social-ecological systems can inform adaptive action and help to reduce the vulnerability of those dependent on fisheries for life and livelihood.

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Fig. 1: Ecological, social and economic impacts of storms on fisheries.
Fig. 2: The spatially heterogeneous nature of changing global storminess.
Fig. 3: Schematic of a research roadmap to understand the impact of changing storminess on fisheries.

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N.C.S. acknowledges the financial support of the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; GW4+ studentship NE/L002434/1), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Willis Research Network. We thank E. M. Wood, who provided design services for the figures.

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    Nigel C. Sainsbury & Rachel A. Turner

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Martin J. Genner

  3. Willis Research Network, Willis Towers Watson, London, UK

    Geoffrey R. Saville

  4. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK

    John K. Pinnegar

  5. Met Office, Exeter, UK

    Clare K. O’Neill

  6. Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Stephen D. Simpson

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J.K.P. is a co-chair of the ‘ICES-PICES Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems’ and will be a Lead Author for the ‘Small Islands’ chapter in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (WG III).

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Sainsbury, N.C., Genner, M.J., Saville, G.R. et al. Changing storminess and global capture fisheries. Nature Clim Change 8, 655–659 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0206-x

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