Fish populations could rise in warming climate with better management

Study finds potential for fisheries to benefit in future - as long as warming can be kept in check

Better management of fisheries and fishing rights around the world could increase profits and leave more fish in the sea as long as measures to meet climate obligations are taken, new research has found.

Even if temperatures rise by as much as 4C above pre-industrial levels - in the upper range of current forecasts - the damaging effects on fishing can be reduced through improving how stocks are fished and managed.