Adaptation of inland fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

EIFAAC International Symposium

Forecasts of climate change predict alteration of the hydrological regime, the increase in water temperature, decrease of oxygen content and increase of the toxicity of pollutants. This can cause dramatic changes in the composition and condition of fish fauna. In some areas (e.g. mountain rivers) coldwater species may be doomed to extinction and the spread of thermophilic species will be limited by hydraulic conditions. Prolonged droughts will directly affect inland fishery resources and could lead to significant economic losses. Already in the summer of 2015, many fish farmers observed  the loss caused by drying out the littoral section of their ponds.