Economic impact of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies for fisheries sector in Solomon Islands: Implication for food security

Climate change adaptation in aquaculture

“…Developed countries (United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada and Spain) lead the majority of such studies to assess aquaculture systems in Asian countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh (Galaz et al 2012; Orchard et al 2015; Khan et al 2018). Publications from the United States incorporate a number of national‐level studies aimed at Pacific islands (Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Timor‐Leste and Vanuatu), looking at the economic impacts of climate change in aquaculture (Rosegrant et al 2016; Dey et al 2016a; Dey et al 2016b). Sustainability and livelihood is another approach often employed to study aquaculture in the development context (e.g.…”

“…Aquaculture operations in marine and coastal areas are the most commonly studied in this analysis. The economic impacts of marine and coastal aquaculture are a major topic among studies aimed at national‐level adaptation strategies (Rosegrant et al 2016; Dey et al 2016a; Dey et al 2016b). Inland aquaculture is the second targeted area of aquaculture, and all the study areas are limited to global south nations (Bosma et al 2012; Jayanthi et al 2018; Lebel & Lebel 2018; Limuwa et al 2018; Lebel et al 2018a; Lebel et al 2018b).…”

“…Thirty‐seven per cent of studies were clearly aimed at analysing and documenting adaptive strategies of aquaculture systems at various scales (community, regional and national). Interestingly, all the studies aimed at adaptive strategies in the aquaculture context focus on countries in the global south (Ho et al 2016; Li et al 2016; Oviedo & Bursztyn 2016; Dey et al 2016a; Dey et al 2016b; Tran et al 2017; Nguyen et al 2018) and half of these studies were initiated by countries in the global north. Such southern countries are adapting by using various strategies, implemented from the local level to the national level; those strategies can be categorised as future benefit, easier early and upfront (Lebel et al 2018a; Table 3; Table ).…”

“…Many strategies developed in selected case studies are specific to the region or country, which also considers the complexity and uncertainty of multiple climate change impacts embedded in aquaculture systems (Oviedo & Bursztyn 2016; Lebel et al 2018a). At the national level, in the marine policy sector, aquaculture itself is considered a strategy for adapting to climate change impacts; for instance, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Timor‐Leste, Fiji and Vietnam included aquaculture as a national adaptation strategy within the natural resource sector plans (Rosegrant et al 2016; Dey et al 2016a; Dey et al 2016b; Dey et al 2016c). The majority (81%) of adaptive strategy studies focus on the regional scale to the national scale, with only about 19% focusing on the community scale (Arimi 2014; Lebel et al 2015).…”

“…The majority (81%) of adaptive strategy studies focus on the regional scale to the national scale, with only about 19% focusing on the community scale (Arimi 2014; Lebel et al 2015). Economic impacts, food security and adaptive capacity are three highlighted conceptual areas used to study the adaptive strategies of aquaculture (Arimi 2014; Rosegrant et al 2016; Dey et al 2016a; Dey et al 2016b). Furthermore, 75% of such adaptive strategies studies are conducted using mixed research methods (qualitative and quantitative) using both primary and secondary data; only 25% of studies based on primary data are driven by a qualitative design.…”