Small Pelagic Fishes and Climate Change
Tokio Wada
Fisheries Agency, Japan
Topics:
1. What is the Small Pelagic Fish?
Biological characteristics, Economical importance, and Fluctuation mechanism
2. Fluctuations of Sardine and Anchovy Populations
Examples in Major current systems in relation with Climate Change
3. A Case Study for Japanese Sardine
Climatic impact on the population dynamics