Fig. 6: Operationalizing climate vulnerability and risk for fisheries.

a Relationship between the scores and risk categories for climate sensitivity, exposure, and adaptivity of 95 stocks that operate across the AOS under the high emission scenario to 2100. Colours are the adaptivity scores (dark blue=low, yellow = high). Examples of climate risk scenarios for fish stocks and how they can inform management priorities and decisions. Examples include b) Smooth skate (4T), a high-risk species, c Atlantic mackerel (ATLSA3-4), a moderate-risk species but having higher sensitivity and lower exposure and adaptivity, d Atlantic lobster (LFA19-21), a moderate-risk species, but having higher exposure and lower sensitivity and adaptivity. b–d Climate sensitivity and exposure are displayed as colours: blues = high sensitivity-low exposure, yellows=high exposure-low sensitivity, reds = high sensitivity-high exposure. Stock areas are displayed as thick black lines and are labelled; the dotted line is the 200 m isobath. Maps were made with Natural Earth using the R statistical computing platform (version 4.3.0).