FishSCORE: Fisheries Strategies for Changing Oceans and Resilient Ecosystems by 2030

Climate change is causing direct, indirect, and cascading impacts on marine social-ecological systems, including fisheries, with increasing intensity and frequency. Building climate-resilient fisheries is essential for ensuring the continued flow and equitable distribution of benefits, such as nutritious foods, livelihoods, and cultural traditions that are necessary for achieving numerous global sustainable development goals. Endorsed as a programme under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, FishSCORE2030 (Fisheries Strategies for a Changing Ocean and Resilient Ecosystems by 2030) fosters and strengthens global partnerships among local and regional fisheries to co-develop fishery-specific and context-appropriate climate resilience strategies. This presentation will describe how FishSCORE2030 integrates transdisciplinary knowledge to gain insights and develop robust strategies to increase resilience to climate change at local to regional scales. We will present recent research to: 1) highlight how different marine fisheries are experiencing and responding to impacts of climate change, and the factors associated with different types of responses, 2) synthesize key climate resilience knowledge gaps and issues facing diverse marine fisheries, and 3)discuss strategies currently being applied or considered to advance climate resilience from local to global scales. Enhancing resilience in response to projected climate impacts is crucial for determining options, pathways, and priorities that will help sustain fisheries and fishing communities under climate change.