The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

STRENGTHENING OF 
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
IN FISHERIES AND 
AQUACULTURE TO
CLIMATE CHANGE
FIGURE A
WEAKNESSES AND ACTIONS IDENTIFIED UNDER EACH COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT
The project identified as barriers to adaptation: 
(i) institutional weaknesses; ii) low adaptive capacity 
of local livelihoods; and (iii) low level of awareness 
or unclear appreciation among coastal communities 
of climate change impacts. The project also identified 
options to overcome these limitations, and four 
vulnerable and representative pilot sites (coves) were 
selected as locations for carrying out replicable and 
scalable interventions (
Figure A
). 
As of 2017, 46 initiatives had been identified and 
designed, some focused on central and regional 
government authorities (policymakers and regulators), 
and others on the four pilot sites in line with the local 
fisheries and aquaculture specificities (
Figure B
) and duly 
taking local knowledge into account. They are being 
executed under the leadership of research centres, 
universities and experts from the private sector, or led by 
fisheries and aquaculture authorities.
SOURCE: Project GCP /CHI/039/SCF – Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector.
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THE STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 
2020
BOX 19
(CONTINUED)
North zone 
Central North zone 
Central South zone 
South zone 
Tarapacá
Coquimbo
Biobío
Los Lagos
RIQUELME COVE
(IQUIQUE)
TONGOY COVE
(COQUIMBO)
COLIUMO COVE
(TOMÉ)
EL MANZANO COVE
(HUALAIHUÉ)