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ICES and PICES Strategies for Coordinating Research on the Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems

By Suam Kim , Anne B. Hollowed, and Manuel Barange 
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The social, economic, and ecological consequences of projected climate change on fish and fisheries are issues of global concern. In 2012, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) established a Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems (SICCME) to synthesize and to promote innovative, credible, and objective science-based advice on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere. SICCME takes advantage of the unique and complementary strengths of the two organizations to develop a research initiative that focuses on their shared interests. A phased implementation will ensure that SICCME will be responsive to a rapidly evolving research area while delivering ongoing syntheses of existing knowledge, thereby advancing new science and methodologies and communicating new insights at each phase.

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Kim, S., A.B. Hollowed, M. Barange, and B.R. MacKenzie. 2014. ICES and PICES strategies for coordinating research on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Oceanography 27(4):160–167, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.94.

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