Climate change is an immediate and future threat to food security globally. The consequences for fisheries and agriculture production potential are well studied, yet the possible outcomes for aquaculture – one of the fastest growing food sectors on the planet – remains a major gap in scientific understanding. The Froehlich Lab is addressing several of the aquaculture and climate change knowledge gaps, including modelling the potential impact of changing ocean conditions on global mariculture production of finfish and bivalves, the mitigation potential of certain species and taxonomic groups, including seaweeds, as well as mapping the current impacts and adaptive strategies – from genetics to spatial planning – needed for sustainable aquaculture into the future.
Relevant Papers
Chapter 28: Southwest | Fifth National Climate Assessment 2023
Chapter 14: North America | IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability 2022
Fong, C. R., J. DeCesaro, G. Clawson, M. Frazier, H. Epperly, H. E. Froehlich, and B. S. Halpern. 2024. Downscaled climate change threats to United States freshwater finfish aquaculture. Science of the Total Environment.
Fong, C. R., J. DeCesaro, G. Clawson, M. Frazier, B. S. Halpern, and H. E. Froehlich. 2024. Winners and Losers in U.S. Marine Aquaculture under Climate Change. Environmental Research Letters 19, 11: 114024.
Froehlich, H.E., J.Z. Koehn, K.K. Holsman, B.S. Halpern. 2021. Emerging trends in science and news of climate change threats to and adaptation of aquaculture. Aquaculture. 549: 737-812. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737812
Froehlich, H.E., J.C. Afflerbach, M. Frazier, B.S. Halpern. 2019. Blue Growth potential to mitigate Climate Change through seaweed offsetting. Current Biology. 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.041
Froehlich H.E., R.R. Gentry, B.S. Halpern. 2018. Global change in marine aquaculture production potential under climate change. Nature Eco Evo. 10.1038/s41559-018-0669-1
Froehlich, H.E., R.R., Gentry, B.S., Halpern. 2016. Synthesis and comparative analysis of physiological tolerance and life-history growth traits of marine aquaculture species. Aquaculture. 460: 75–82. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.04.018
