U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Fisheries and Coastal Communities. Marine fisheries and the fishing communities they support are at high risk from climate-driven changes in marine ecosystems. Fisheries management can incorporate cli ...

Aquaculture Aquaculture . Half of the global supply of seafood for human consumption comes from aquaculture. The unique circumstances of some aquaculture operations provide res ...

Habitat Habitat . Coral reefs, estuaries, and kelp forests provide shelter and feeding grounds for fisheries. Climate-informed management practices may increase the resilience ...

Living Marine Resources. Climate-related impacts are only one of the threats to our nation's living marine resources. Fisheries and tourism—and the economies of communities supported by these sectors— ...

Ocean Conditions. The atmosphere's increasing abundance of carbon dioxide is increasing the acidity of ocean waters, and the ocean's net accumulation of heat energy is increasing water temperatures. C ...