Climate and Fisheries Scientists Collaborate

June 15, 2009

The Cooperative Institute for Climate Sciences, a joint institute of GFDL and Princeton University, will sponsor a workshop "Applying IPCC-class models of Global Warming to Fisheries Prediction", to be held at Princeton University’s Lewis Library from June 15-17, 2009.  Key scientific topics, such as regional downscaling of climate results, will be discussed in greater detail at the workshop.  Charles Stock (GFDL) is the lead organizer, and participants will include experts from an array of US and international academic institutions.  Scientists from all of NOAA's regional fisheries science centers are expected, as well as CICS and GFDL scientists and students, spanning many disciplines.

Members of NOAA's Fisheries Science Board visited GFDL in March for an all-day meeting focused on potential uses of present and future GFDL model results for marine resource issues.  Ocean acidification, fisheries management, harmful algal blooms, and sea level rise are of particular interest to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) managers and advisors.  Ongoing engagement between climate and fisheries scientists will include evaluation of the utility of present climate and earth system model results to these interests.

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