Understanding the Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Carbon Sequestration: White Paper

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41959

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Understanding the Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Carbon Sequestration: White Paper

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-26T17:14:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-26T17:14:15Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-26
dc.description.abstract	This white paper Aprovides the current state of scientific understanding of the field and suggests next steps forward in terms of how modeling can contribute to filling this gap. The report is structured to support the future development or enhancement of models, featuring a map of the key stocks and flows, an analysis of how fish transform and ‘produce’ carbon, an exploration of the carbon biochemical transformations in the marine environment, and an examination of physical transport within the marine ecosystem. Additionally, it includes dedicated sections on the implications of sediment interactions with mobile demersal fishing gears for carbon sequestration, the significance of marine macroalgae-kelp ecosystems in the biological carbon pump, and noteworthy policy initiatives related to marine carbon sequestration. The research conducted here identified general gaps, such as the need to better characterize how different fish contribute to and consume the various carbon flows identified in the marine realm, or the need to better characterize the interrelation between trawling activities and sedimentary ecosystems. Specific difficulties have been identified arising from the fact that most fishing activities take place on the marine shelf, where key physicochemical and biological processes are often more complex than in the open ocean where carbon flows are better understood, leading to a higher level of complexity in evaluating carbon sequestration times in coastal areas. This white paper concludes with a summary how existing models could be enhanced to overcome some of the identified knowledge limitations. To accomplish this, the development of coupled food-web models with carbon sequestration models is proposed, aiming to attain a more realistic understanding of the implications of fishing activities for carbon sequestration. In the final section, this vision is elaborated on with recommendations for next steps.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070924162010536/P1807531abbcd80711a7ca173e08a5c552e
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41959
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41959
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	FISHERIES LAW
dc.subject	PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SDG 16
dc.title	Understanding the Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Carbon Sequestration	en
dc.title.subtitle	White Paper	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2024-07-26
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-07-10T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Agricultural Study
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070924162010536/P1807531abbcd80711a7ca173e08a5c552e
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okr.identifier.docmid	P180753-abbcd85e-662d-4971-a7ca-73e08a5c552e
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41959
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okr.identifier.report	192486
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070924162010536/pdf/P1807531abbcd80711a7ca173e08a5c552e.pdf	en
okr.region.geographical	World
okr.sector	Fisheries
okr.theme	Fisheries Policies and institutions,Mitigation,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Biodiversity,Oceans,Climate change,Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agribusiness
okr.topic	Agriculture::Fisheries & Aquaculture
okr.unit	GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)