Fisheries and aquaculture adaptation and conservation strategies in Uganda’s changing climate
Abstract
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Climate change has modified the distribution and productivity
of many organisms including freshwater species. It has also
affected biological processes with eventual alterations in the
food webs. Fishers and fish farmers will bear the full force of
these impacts through less stable livelihoods, changes in the
availability and quality of fish for food, and rising risks to their
health and livelihoods. In this project we will investigate potential
adaptation and mitigation pathways for communities dependent
on fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic ecosystems. The study
has two complementary components: a sociological and
technical component. The sociological component will focus
on assessing climate change vulnerability and understanding
current community coping mechanisms and adaptation
responses among fish dependant communities in the Albertine
and Victoria drainage basins. The technical component will
investigate the geospatial patterns of genetic variation in selected
cyprinids in the Albertine and Victoria drainage basins. This
will elucidate the landscape genomic population structure and
aquaculture potential of selected cyprinids in Uganda. The
scientific knowledge generated will form the basis for assessing
the potential of aquaculture as an innovative response to declining
capture fisheries, so as to select the best available strain for
genetic gain in aquaculture. It is anticipated that this research
will generate knowledge that will directly contribute to a better
understanding of factors that build resilience among fish
dependant communities and lead to development of a tool that
can aid planned adaptation.
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