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Facing the wave of change: stakeholder perspectives on climate adaptation for Australian seafood supply chains

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Climate change is one of the most important issues confronting the sustainable supply of seafood, with projections suggesting major effects on wild and farmed fisheries worldwide. While climate change has been a consideration for Australian fisheries and aquaculture management, emphasis in both research and adaptation effort has been at the production end of supply chains—impacts further along the chain have been overlooked to date. A holistic biophysical and socio-economic system view of seafood industries, as represented by end-to-end supply chains, may lead to an additional set of options in the face of climate change, thus maximizing opportunities for improved fishery profitability, while also reducing the potential for maladaptation. In this paper, we explore Australian seafood industry stakeholder perspectives on potential options for adaptation along seafood supply chains based on future potential scenarios. Stakeholders, representing wild capture and aquaculture industries, provided a range of actions targeting different stages of the supply chain. Overall, proposed strategies were predominantly related to the production end of the supply chain, suggesting that greater attention in developing adaptation options is needed at post-production stages. However, there are chain-wide adaptation strategies that can present win–win scenarios, where commercial objectives beyond adaptation can also be addressed alongside direct or indirect impacts of climate. Likewise, certain adaptation strategies in place at one stage of the chain may have varying implications on other stages of the chain. These findings represent an important step in understanding the role of supply chains in effective adaptation of fisheries and aquaculture industries to climate change.

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Acknowledgments

This research was part of the ′Growth opportunities and critical elements in the value chain for wild fisheries and aquaculture in a changing climate (FRDC 2012/233)′ which was supported by funding from the FRDC–DCCEE on behalf of the Australian Government. We are grateful to all the stakeholders who provided information on supply chains.

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  1. Climate Adaptation Flagship, 1 Technology Court, Pullenvale, QLD, 4069, Australia

    Lilly Lim-Camacho

  2. Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia

    Alistair J. Hobday, Aysha Fleming & Ingrid van Putten

  3. Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Ana Norman-López, Éva E. Plagányi, Olivier Thebaud & Linda Thomas

  4. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia

    Anna Farmery, Stewart Frusher, Bridget S. Green & Gretta T. Pecl

  5. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    Peggy Schrobback

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Lim-Camacho, L., Hobday, A.J., Bustamante, R.H. et al. Facing the wave of change: stakeholder perspectives on climate adaptation for Australian seafood supply chains. Reg Environ Change 15, 595–606 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0670-4

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