Europole Mer : research consortium on marine science and technology in Brittany

Uses of resources and oceans are affected by “the double exposure” (O’Brien and Leichenko (2000)), that is altogether climate changes and economic globalization. In this session, we will study several open issues questions that arise in this perspective. How will evolve the spatial structure of populations affected by global warming and the communities of commercial fish? How will it impact the fisheries? What will be the effects of acidification of oceans on several exploited species (shells, fish, crustaceans) which are more or less dependent of calcium?  How worldwide climatic events will induce modifications on forage fish and then on fishmeal and fishoil market impacting the aquaculture development?  What will be the consequences of climate change on marine transports?

Talks, round tables and workshops using some dedicated software will be proposed at this session.