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Climate Variability and Its Effects on Major Fisheries in Korea  

Kim, Su-Am (Pukyong National University)
Zhang, Chang-Ik (Pukyong National University)
Kim, Jin-Yeong (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Oh, Jae-Ho (Pukyong National University)
Kang, Su-Kyung (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Lee, Jae-Bong (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
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Ocean Science Journal / v.42, no.3, 2007 , pp. 179-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
Understanding in climate effects on marine ecosystem is essential to utilize, predict, and conserve marine living resources in the 21st century. In this review paper, we summarized the past history and current status of Korean fisheries as well as the changes in climate and oceanographic phenomena since the 1960s. Ocean ecosystems in Korean waters can be divided into three, based on the marine commercial fish catches; the demersal ecosystem in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the pelagic ecosystem in the Tsushima Warm Current from the East China Sea to the East/Japan Sea, and the demersal ecosystem in the northern part of the East/Japan Sea. Through the interdisciplinary retrospective analysis using available fisheries, oceanographic, and meteorological information in three important fish communities, the trend patterns in major commercial catches and the relationship between climate/environmental variability and responses of fish populations were identified. Much evidence revealed that marine ecosystems, including the fish community in Korean waters, has been seriously affected by oceanographic changes, and each species has responded differently. In general, species diversity is lessening, and mean trophic level of each ecosystem has decreased during the last $3\sim4$ decades. Future changes in fisheries due to global warming are also considered for major fisheries and aquaculture in Korean waters.
Keywords
climate change; marine ecosystem; fisheries; Korean waters;
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