Ecological trait indicators for predictive modeling of tuna fisheries productivity and distribution to inform Canadian and US fisheries management under climate change

This project’s end goal is to forecast climate-based impacts to the distribution and abundance of valuable fisheries species, including albacore tuna. This includes building an open-source database on Pacific tuna diets and prey traits and growing collaborative networks between researchers, government scientists and climate modellers. Existing products building to this goal are of significant value to the fishery users and managers in Canada, the US and globally.