Acronym STOCKSHIFT
Category
Fisheries
Title Spatial shifts of marine stocks and the resilience of polar resource management Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Olav Schram Stokke Coordinator email o.s.stokke@stv.uio.no
Coordinator institution
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 1,052,632 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/257614?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&ProgAkt.3=POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram Summary Global warming and other environmental changes are affecting the geographic distribution of fish stocks in polar waters. In the Barents Sea, cod is expanding northeastwards, while in the Norwegian Sea significant changes in abundance, distribution and migration patterns can be observed in pelagic species such as mackerel. In the Southern Ocean, the combined effect of increasing temperatures and retreating sea ice, ocean acidification and changes in circulation is likely to affect the geographical distribution of krill. These developments put established management regimes under pressure.
In this truly interdisciplinary research endeavour, world-leading marine biologists, international lawyers and political scientists join efforts to study the resilience of Arctic and Antarctic marine resource management institutions to large-scale shifts of major marine stocks. How does climate change affect the spatial distribution of polar fish stocks - are there any general patterns of movement, adaptability and recruitment? To what extent do shifts in migratory patterns influence the fit between the spatial scope of existing national and international management regimes and the fishing activities they seek to govern - and how will they influence the effectiveness of the regimes? How does continued effectiveness require adaptation within the clusters of institutions that co-govern commercial activities in Polar marine ecosystems? Based on case studies from the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Southern Ocean, the project will analyse the overall impact of climate, fisheries and species interaction. Finally, the project will explore how comparative case study analysis and a certain simulation technique (agent-based modelling) can be combined to examine institutionial responses to the most plausible ecosystem development trajectories.
Keywords
Fish stocks;
Recruitment;
Climate change;
Environmental impact;
Impacts;
Fishing mortality;
Marine Region
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
5
Marine Region Map
