WEBINAR 2: Fish Carbon
- Moderator: Richard Sanders
- 23 November 2023 | 2 PM CET
The Fish Carbon Webinar was held on 23rd of November, 2023.
Whether you missed it or would like to refresh your memory, please check out the video recording and the presentation.
And see our digital swag bag featuring a recommended reading list, a friendly blog, and some fishy jokes to put a smile on your face.
Webinar abstract:
The ocean takes up about 25% of the carbon we add to the atmosphere, slowing climate change, and reducing its intensity. Part of this process is through the biological carbon pump (BCP) which cycles and recycles carbon from the surface to the deep ocean. Fish, their predators, prey and poo are all a part of this cycle. Human activities at sea, such as fishing may therefore affect or influence the process, through removals of fish, or seabed impacts. Despite this, we have little knowledge, yet much debate, about how much the fish themselves, and the fishing activity may contribute to the BCP. This could be either positive or negative, and therefore could reduce or increase the protection we can gain from the effects of climate change.
MEET THE PANELLISTS
Debbi Pedreschi
MODERATOR
Debbi Pedreschi, Senior Researcher, Irish Marine Institute, focus on socio-ecological systems
Jacob Bentley
Principal Specialist in Marine Ecosystem Modelling, Natural England
Dave Reid
Principal Investigator in Ecosystems Based Fishery Management, Irish Marine Institute
André Visser
Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Technical University of Denmark. Focus on bio-physical interactions in the marine environment
Paula Silvar and Fiona Culhane from the Marine Institute, who were key behind-the-scene contributors to our webinar, have provided some additional insights into fish carbon and the OceanICU program in a friendly blog
TALKING FISH, FISHERIES, AND THE CARBON CYCLE WITH OceanICU’S NEWLY ARRIVED POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTISTS
Paula Silvar and Fiona Culhane have recently joined the OceanICU project as postdoctoral researchers, via consortium partner The Marine Institute in Ireland, a co-lead institute for Work Package 5 – Impacts of Fishing and Industrial Extraction Processes on the Ocean C Cycle. Why are we talking about fish? Because the …
Recommended Reading List
Interested in taking a deeper dive?
- The European Marine Board Report – Blue Carbon: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate the Climate and Biodiversity Climate. Find it here.
- Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate. Find it here (only available via purchase or with a subscription).
- Quantifying the carbon benefits of ending bottom trawling. Find it here (only available via purchase or with a subscription).
- Governing Open Ocean and Fish Carbon: Perspectives and Opportunities. Find it here.
- Protecting ocean carbon through biodiversity and climate governance. Find it here.
Get Involved!
If you work in the fishing industry and are interested in joining the OceanICU mission, please sign up for our stakeholder panels.
Fishy Jokes
If you are not tired of all things fish yet, here are some jokes for a chuckle and a smile.
- Why are fish so easy to weigh? Because they have their own scales!
- What do you call a fish who practices medicine? A sturgeon!
- What do fish take to stay healthy? Vitamin sea!
- What kind of fish only comes out at night? A starfish!
Taken from here.