Susan Farady publishes chapter in new book on impact of climate change on ocean and coastal law
Susan Farady, J.D., assistant professor in the Department of Marine Sciences, contributed a chapter to the newly released book Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law: U.S. and International Perspectives (Oxford University Press).
Farady鈥檚 chapter, "Moving Targets: Fisheries Management in 51小黄车 in the Midst of Climate Change," closely examines three 51小黄车 fisheries as case studies for how climate change is impacting fisheries and fisheries management.
In her study of southern 51小黄车 lobster, longfin squid and Atlantic cod, Farady analyzes the different management problems posed when stocks decline or move in response to changing ocean conditions, and she assesses the current and limited available management response under existing fishery management laws and policies. Farady also makes specific recommendations for how management and law need to change in order to respond more quickly to altering ocean conditions.
The book, edited by environmental law professor Randy Abate, provides an important overview of the impacts of climate change on coastal and ocean management. It effectively unites the two worlds of ocean and coastal law and potential responses to the impacts of climate changes.
The book also raises key questions regarding whether and how ocean and coastal law will respond to the regulatory challenges that climate change presents to resources in the oceans and coasts of the U.S. and the world.