January 26, 2021 — The following was released by Lenfest Ocean Program:

Please join us on Friday, January 29, at 1pm ET for a webinar on “New Research to Identify Climate-vulnerable Stock Assessments”. The webinar will be recorded. Please do forward this invite to other colleagues who may be interested. Webinar registration and project details are below.

Project Background

Regional Fisheries Management Councils rely on stock assessments to help set catch limits. However, climate change can impact the ability to accurately assess a fish stock. For example, it can change a fish stock’s recruitment and natural mortality rates, a species’ range and distribution, and overall stock productivity. In order to support long-term sustainable fisheries management, there is a need to understand which stock assessments are at greatest risk from climate change and how to integrate risk into the stock assessment process. The Lenfest Ocean Program is supporting Dr. Olaf Jensen, University of Wisconsin, to lead a team of researchers to identify and prioritize fish and invertebrate populations that are at greatest risk of stock assessment failure due to climate change.