| Citation | Rub, M. W., C. Cosgrove, S. Theuerkauf, D. Wieczorek, J. Whaley, C. Otoshi, and M. Rust. 2024. Climate-Smart American Aquaculture: Strategies to Sustain and Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production in a Changing Future. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-195. (https://doi.org/10.25923/wsvz-6c05) |
| Title | Climate-Smart American Aquaculture: Strategies to Sustain and Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production in a Changing Future |
| Publication Year | 2024 |
| Date | 08/19/2024 |
| Keywords | aquaculture, climate change, domestic seafood production, sustainable seafood |
| Abstract | Earth¿s climate is changing. Our planet and its oceans are warming, and effects on the marine environment are accelerating. Overwhelming scientific evidence implicates increased heat trapping of greenhouse gases from human activity. In particular, increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are identified as the cause. Molecules of CO2 from the atmosphere are absorbed into the oceans, where they react and form carbonic acid. Carbonic acid lowers the pH of seawater, with cascading effects on ocean chemistry and ecosystems.
On earth, increased surface temperatures cause swift melting of glaciers and sea ice, leading to changes in ocean circulation, weather patterns, and sea level rise. Climate models from the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predict that by 2040 the U.S. will experience an increase in median sea surface temperature of 0.6°C off the coast of Northwest North America and 0.7°C off the coast of Eastern North America, with increases of 2 |
| Official Citation | Rub, M. W., C. Cosgrove, S. Theuerkauf, D. Wieczorek, J. Whaley, C. Otoshi, and M. Rust. 2024. Climate-Smart American Aquaculture: Strategies to Sustain and Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production in a Changing Future. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-195. |
| Links | (https://doi.org/10.25923/wsvz-6c05) |