In this issue

How Filipino Fishers Use Traditional Knowledge in Identifying Species of Juvenile Mangrove Crabs for Grow-out Culture
Marine Mammals Occurring in the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area, Philippines
Population Density, Distribution, and Species Composition of Sea Cucumbers in Pagasinan Tidal Flat, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Assessment of Postharvest Losses Due to Catching Undersized Fishery Commodities and Size-Dependent Pricing in the Philippines
Impact of Ecotourism on Local Community’s Participation in Coastal Resource Management: Case of Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (PIPLS) in Northern Luzon, Philippines
Utilization of Shrimp Head Wastes into Powder Form as Raw Material for Value-Added Products
Assessing the Viability of Commercial Media for the Mass Culture of Chaetoceros muelleri
Stock Assessment of the Blue Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Stock Enhancement Sites of Danajon Bank, Central Philippines
Efficient Fishing Method to Control the Population of Rice Eel, Monopterus albus (Synbranchidae) in Rice Fields in Cagayan Valley, Philippines

Journal Issue Volume 28 Issue 2 Vulnerability to Climate Change of “Giant Squid”...

Research Article

Vulnerability to Climate Change of “Giant Squid” (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) Fishery in Marinduque, Philippines

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Paloma D. De Chavez
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Marinduque State College – Gasan Campus, School of Fisheries, Banuyo, Gasan Marinduque, Philippines

Corresponding author

pam14dechavez@gmail.com

Gilda Joannah A. Calderon2, Sherwin B. Santos2, Emmanuel M. Vera Cruz3, ORCID logo Mudjekeewis D. Santos2

1 Marinduque State College – Gasan Campus, School of Fisheries, Banuyo, Gasan Marinduque, Philippines
2 National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Corporate 101 Building, Mother Ignacia Avenue, South Triangle, Quezon City, Philippines 3Central Luzon State University, College of Fisheries-Freshwater Aquaculture Center, Science City of Muñoz Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Page 181-190 | Received 29 Jan 2021, Accepted 29 Jul 2021

Abstract

The Philippine fisheries sector has been affected by the impacts of climate change. Vulnerability to climate change pertains to a natural system's ability to cope with the negative impacts of climate change, variability, and extremes. Vulnerability Assessment (VA) provides a framework for climate change impacts evaluation over a broad range of systems. Tools such as Fisheries Vulnerability Assessment Tool (Fish Vool) have been developed to do VA. The “giant squid” diamondback (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) fishery in the province of Marinduque is an essential source of food and livelihood in the area. However, its vulnerability to climate change impacts has not been assessed. In this study, the “giant squid” fishery in Gasan, Marinduque, was assessed using Fish Vool. Results revealed that overall climate change vulnerability of the fishery is high, where both sensitivity and adaptive capacity are medium while exposure is high. Overall, the study provided a better understanding of the “giant squid” fishery vis-à-vis climate change and provided information for future fisheries management and conservation in the province


Keywords: Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, Fisheries Management, Sustainability