Vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change: monitoring indicators and survey design for implementation in the Pacific, 19-22 April 2010: workshop report

Abstract

The Coastal Fisheries Programme at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) secured funding assistance from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to launch a project to assist Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to design and field-test monitoring pilot projects to determine whether changes are occurring in the productivity of coastal fisheries and, if changes are found, to identify the extent to which such changes are due to climate change. This project complements an existing SPC project assessing the vulnerability of coastal fisheries to climate change, and the results of the vulnerability assessment will be used to inform the final monitoring design and implementation of pilot projects