Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

William W. L. Cheung (), Reg Watson and Daniel Pauly
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William W. L. Cheung: Changing Ocean Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
Reg Watson: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Daniel Pauly: Sea Around Us Project, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7449, 365-368

Abstract: The mean temperature of the catch, an index designed to characterize the effect of climate change on global fisheries catch, increased at a rate of 0.19 degrees Celsius per decade between 1970 and 2006, showing that ocean warming has already affected global fisheries.

Date: 2013
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