A diagnostic approach to climate change adaptation for fisheries is proposed to define potential climate adaptation pathways in well-managed fisheries. Traditional climate vulnerability and risk assessments tend to focus on biophysical threats and opportunities and thereby what needs to be done to adapt to climate change. Our diagnostic approach moves from such analysis to focus on how the processes of adaptation and development of adaptive capacity can be structured to achieve desired outcomes. Using a well-grounded framework, the diagnostic approach moves from system description to characterization of challenges and opportunities, through two stages of analysis and validation, to the definition and embedding of adaptation options and pathways. The framework can include all contextually relevant variables and accommodate evaluation of adaptation outcomes and comparisons across scales and contexts. Such an approach can serve as a basis for enabling stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities, and to explore and prioritize options for development and implementation of legitimate adaptation pathways.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Human Society
Research Group:	Policy and administration
Research Field:	Research, science and technology policy
Objective Division:	Environmental Management
Objective Group:	Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Objective Field:	Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
UTAS Author:	Leith, P (Dr Peat Leith)
UTAS Author:	Ogier, E (Dr Emily Ogier)
UTAS Author:	Pecl, G (Professor Gretta Pecl)
UTAS Author:	Hoshino, E (Dr Eriko Hoshino)
UTAS Author:	Davidson, J (Dr Julie Davidson)
UTAS Author:	Haward, M (Professor Marcus Haward)
ID Code:	86966
Year Published:	2014
Web of Science® Times Cited:	16
Deposited By:	Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
Deposited On:	2013-11-04
Last Modified:	2017-11-27
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