Urgent action on climate change needed to rebuild fish stocks

Urgent action on climate change needed to rebuild fish stocks

Source: ctv news

9/4/2022

Urgent action on climate change needed to rebuild fish stocks

Credit: Jonathan Hayward

Fish stocks in Canada and globally will continue to decline and might never recover unless more action is taken to mitigate the impacts of climate change, a new study projects.

Dr. William Cheung, professor at the University of British Columbia's Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, is the study's lead author.

"Many of the fish stocks in the world are considered to be over-exploited and they need rebuilding and many regions and countries such as Canada aim to rebuild exploited fish stocks, such as Atlantic cod or Pacific salmon," he told CTV News.

"If we don't mitigate climate change, we will continue to see a decrease in these fish stocks."