Published Paper Details:

In the Cenozoic era, the one in which we are living in climate change is accelerating at a devasting speed and effecting almost every part of our biodiversity in one of the two ways. But the one that is alarming is global warming leading to warming of the oceans, melting of ice caps causing the ocean and sea rising. These changes disturbs the ecosystem present and also tremendously hazards to fishery industries throughout the world. Since the fisheries are directly affected by any change in the oceans or seas, climate change play a crucial role in fisheries and the livelihood of people having aquaculture. This paper seeks to dive through the theoretical and functional implications within the broad area of climate change with main emphasis on its influence on fisheries through effects on the acidification of oceans, changes in oxygen level, extreme weather events and analysis of temperature increase. Primary focus includes; changes in fish movement patterns, dwindling fish populations, and the disturbance of the food chain in the marine ecosystems, economic dependence on fisheries. Furthermore, the paper aims to understand and explore the after effects of increased sea level and ocean acidification , and how it worsen fisheries management and the pursuit of sustainability. It also explains measures that may include sustainable fishing, ecosystem approach to fisheries management, and international instruments are as major strategies as ways of coping with climate change in an effort to save world's fisheries. This research clarified those findings from the current data, case studies, researches done and underlined the need for international cooperation in combating climate change and the decline of fisheries.