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Assessing the risk of climate change to aquaculture: a case study from south-east Australia
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Doubleday, ZA and Clarke, SM and Li, X and Pecl, GT and Ward, TM and Battaglene, SC and Frusher, SD and Gibbs, PJ and Hobday, AJ and Hutchinson, N and Jennings, SM and Stoklosa, R, Assessing the risk of climate change to aquaculture: a case study from south-east Australia, Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 3, (2) pp. 163-175. ISSN 1869-7534 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3354/aei00058
Abstract
A qualitative screening-level risk assessment was developed to evaluate relative levels
of risk from climate change to aquaculture industries. The assessment was applied to 7 major
industries in the temperate south-east region of Australia and involved a simple, transparent and
repeatable methodology that was appropriate for a range of different aquaculture systems and
taxa. Two key stages were involved: the development of comprehensive expertise-based literature
reviews or ‘species profiles’ and a scoring assessment, with the latter providing a defined
framework within which industries could be ranked (from high to low risk). In addition to informing
the second stage of the risk assessment process, the species’ profiles also highlighted important
climate change drivers and key information uncertainties and knowledge gaps. There was
good resolution among the scoring assessments, with only 2 industries receiving the same risk
score. The results indicated that oysters farmed from wild spat (Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea
glomerata) were at most risk to climate change, with warm temperate hatchery-based finfish species
(yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi) being the least at risk. This study provides critical guidance
for scientists, resource managers and stakeholders for future research, both in addressing
key knowledge gaps and focussing the development of more detailed risk analyses for high risk
aquaculture industries in south-east Australia.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Risk assessment · Climate change · Aquaculture · Australia |
| Research Division: | Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries Sciences |
| Research Field: | Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Climate and Climate Change |
| Objective Field: | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) |
| UTAS Author: | Doubleday, ZA (Dr Zoe Doubleday) |
| UTAS Author: | Pecl, GT (Professor Gretta Pecl) |
| UTAS Author: | Battaglene, SC (Associate Professor Stephen Battaglene) |
| UTAS Author: | Frusher, SD (Professor Stewart Frusher) |
| UTAS Author: | Hobday, AJ (Dr Alistair Hobday) |
| UTAS Author: | Jennings, SM (Dr Sarah Jennings) |
| ID Code: | 83988 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 23 |
| Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
| Deposited On: | 2013-04-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-31 |
| Downloads: | 761 View Download Statistics |
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