Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR), supported by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), will put climate change on the NASF agenda at the three-day event starting in Bergen on March 1.

The theme of the presentation will be "North Atlantic warming – effects on fish stocks and their distribution.”

The session will be chaired by Einar Svendsen, researcher at IMR. Sissel Rogne, CEO at IMR,  and different panelists will address the biggest climate issues affecting the industry.

The full list of topics includes:

  • Climatic trends in the North Atlantic
  • Changes in distribution of fish and marine organisms in The Barents Sea
  • Plenty of cod in the Barents Sea – an effect of climate or fisheries management?
  • Spread, stock development and fishery of the snow crab in the Barents Sea
  • Historical mackerel expansion and bluefin tuna comeback in the Norwegian Sea
  • Recent exotic fish guests in Norwegian coastal waters
  • Climate Change Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture

Speakers will include IMR Researchers Svein Sundby, Edda Johannesen, Olav S.