NAMIBIA is irreversibly committed to building an aquaculture industry, since future world fish production will come mainly from this sector, says Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Abraham Iyambo.
The Government has agreed to pay $97 million to South Island and Coromandel iwi to settle obligations for aquaculture space allocation, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said today.
This review finds that there are likely to be both positive and negative impacts, varying according to changes in the regional environment. The report notes the need for fisheries and aquaculture management policies to better integrate the effects of climate variability and climate change in establishing harvest levels and developing future strategies.
Climate change threatens Australia's $2.3 billion commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, but may create new wild fisheries as tropical marine species move south as sea temperatures rise.
