You have full access to this open access article. Climate change will impact coastal ecosystems, threatening subsistence fisheries including those in mangrove forests.
Despite their global contributions and roles in nutrition and cultural identity, mangrove subsistence fisheries are poorly studied. Here, we offer a foundation for improving the management of mangrove subsistence fisheries to deal with the impending effects of climate change. This multidisciplinary review—drawing on organismal biology, ecology, fisheries, and social science—focuses on the climate impacts relevant to mangrove ecosystems: heat waves, low-category, and high-category typhoons.
First, we provide an overview of the mangroves, their harvestable stocks fish, crustaceans, molluscs , and the fishers, offering an understanding of how they may be affected by relevant environmental variables; i.
Then, we examine the potential effects of climate change on mangrove stocks and fishers, indicating the scope of impending changes. This indicates which aspects of climate change will have the greatest impacts on stocks and fishers. We found that high-category typhoons had more impacts than heat waves, which in turn had a greater impact than low-category typhoons.
Finally, recognising gaps in our knowledge and understanding, we offer recommendations for approaches for future work to improve our predictions. Climate change poses risks to coastal ecosystems He and Silliman , affecting subsistence fishers in rural areas Montejo-Damian et al. Despite their importance, subsistence fisheries receive inadequate attention, particularly in the context of climate change Islam and Berkes Here, we review the literature on one globally dispersed set of subsistence fisheries that has received little attention and will be undoubtedly affected by climate change—those in mangrove forests.
