Context: The Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP) report projects that exploitable fish biomass could decline by more than 10% by mid-century, particularly under high-emission scenarios, affecting many regions globally.

FishMIP Initiative

• Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP) was officially launched in 2013.
• It provides knowledge to industry and governments to support effective planning for adaptive and resilient seafood sectors under climate change.
• It has a network of more than 100 marine ecosystem modellers and researchers from around the world.
• The FishMIP and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) collaborated to understand the long-term impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and fisheries through a set of state-of-the-art numerical models.
• In 2024, FishMIP 2.0 was established to increase the reliability of modelling projections and to answer a broader set of policy-related questions relevant to food security and marine resource management, with climate change remaining the overarching theme.
• Climate change has remained the central theme of FishMIP. The project continues to investigate how different climate scenarios impact marine biodiversity, fish stocks, and the overall health of marine ecosystems.