The need for decision-support tools for a changing climate: application to inland fisheries management

October 31, 2012 Abigail Lynch<ajlynch@usgs.gov>

Journal or Book Title: Journal of Fisheries Management and Ecology

Keywords: climate change; decision support; inland fisheries management

Year Published: 2012

Large-scale environmental impacts, such as those of climate change on fisheries, require policy and management action not only at the local level but at regional, national and international levels. Fisheries biology and ecology, along with social, political and economic considerations, can influence policy design and implementation. Decision-support tools can integrate these sciences to distill often complex, mechanistic and synergistic processes into a format that the public, policy makers and managers can use when designing strategies to ensure fisheries sustainability in the face of large-scale environmental perturbations, such as climate change. Harvest management of lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill), in the Laurentian Great Lakes provides an excellent case study to examine the need, value and utility for a decision-support tool for inland fisheries management when considering the effects of climate change as this fishery is expected to be impacted by future changes in water temperature, ice cover and storm intensity.

DOI: 10.1111/fme.12013

Type of Publication: Journal Article

Editor(s): Ian Cowx

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Authors

You Might Also Be Interested In

Accessibility Questions:

For questions about accessibility and/or if you need additional accommodations for a specific document, please send an email to ANR Communications & Marketing at anrcommunications@anr.msu.edu.

Tag List
  • center for systems integration and sustainability,
  • climate change,
  • decision support,
  • inland fisheries management
Michigan State University
  • Spartans Will.
  • © Michigan State University

MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer, committed to achieving excellence through a diverse workforce and inclusive culture that encourages all people to reach their full potential.

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status. Issued in furtherance of MSU Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Quentin Tyler, Director, MSU Extension, East Lansing, MI 48824. This information is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned.

The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress, protected by code 18 USC 707.

We comply with the Federal Trade Commission 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).