East Coast fishery management bodies are currently engaging in a Climate Change Scenario Planning initiative to explore governance and management issues related to climate change and fishery stock distributions. The next phase of this work will be a 2.5 day Scenario Creation workshop, to be held in Arlington, VA on June 21-23, 2022.
Through a series of conversations and exercises, participants will create a set of scenarios that describe how climate change might affect East Coast fisheries in the next 20 years. Each scenario will describe a different way in which changing oceanographic, biological, and social/economic conditions could combine to create future challenges and opportunities for East Coast fisheries.
Webinar Connection
In April 2022, the public was invited to apply to participate in this workshop. Although the application window has closed, the workshop will be partially broadcast by webinar: plenary sessions only will be available for listen-only access with the option to provide comments through a chat function. Breakout group sessions will not be broadcast by webinar. See the workshop agenda for a schedule of which sessions will be broadcast; however, please note that the agenda is subject to change during the workshop.
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Meeting Materials
Supplemental: Summary of the Exploration Phase. This document provides more detailed information on the drivers of change that are poised to affect East Coast fisheries. Appendix 1 includes background documents on oceanographic, biological, and socioeconomic drivers of change.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact a core team member.