Transcript Day 3 Ocean Acidification Programmatic and cross agency

Ocean Acidification
Programmatic and cross agency
Ocean Acidification
• Predicted to have a major impact on ocean
ecosystems if limited plasticity to increasing
acidity
• Decreased yields in coastal, mariculture, and
oceanic fisheries (>10%)
• Potential for multiplicative effects on coastal
ecosystems habitats
Ocean Acidification
• NZ Government has offered to support initial
work to prepare Pacific Communities for
adaptations to ocean acidification.
• Joint initiative of SPC, USP, SPREP, NIWA, JCU
and NOAA.
Ocean Acidification
• Proposes to Ocean Acidification Regional
Strategy
• Provide support for national policy
development
• Commence adaptations including monitoring.
• Provide capacity building opportunities.
• ID hotspots.
Fisheries
• Expand partnership to FFA, CLS, Max Planck, PITIA,
Cornell University
• Analyses to assess the impact of acidification on tuna
yields
• Regional vulnerability analyses
• Aquaculture site selection
• Establish long-term monitoring sites and adaptation
experiments
– CC Monitoring sites
– Pristine site
– Video based monitoring of coastal stocks and habitats
HoF9
• Inform you of the commencement of this work
• Advice that USAID is considering further support for
this work in the Pacific
• Would be useful for HoF9 to provide some guidance on
the importance of this work to help USAID with its
priorities
– “HoF9 considers ocean acidification to be a major threat to
the health of the ocean resources of the Pacific and the
ability for communities to achieve development objectives.
HoF9 encourages work that will assist the Pacific
Community with implementing adaptations that will
minimise the impact of ocean acidification”