ABSTRACT
The fisheries and aquaculture sector supports the livelihoods of between 10 and 12 percent of the world’s population. Aquatic systems that sustain fisheries and aquaculture are undergoing significant changes as a result of global warming and projections indicate that these changes will be accelerated in future. The Global warming and climate change has affected the environment, in particular fisheries and aquaculture, to substantial extent. The impact of climate change and global warming on communities and livelihoods in fisheries and aquaculture, and efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change must therefore be human-centred. Inland fisheries provide important contributions to global food demands. Given the scale of direct and indirect impacts of global change, the adaptive capacity of all temperate, tropical and subarctic freshwater ecosystems and existing inland fisheries is relatively low. Production of aquatic animals to meet demand will come mainly from aquaculture in the foreseeable future.
