The intent of this paper is to provide aquaculture researchers, managers, and industry professionals with the latest information about how climate change is likely to have the greatest effects on U.S. marine aquaculture. This paper describes potential climate impacts to specific U.S. coastal regions and to the United States as a whole, and identifies adaptation and mitigation strategies for aquaculture.
This paper also describes existing federal programs that can help support a thriving U.S. marine aquaculture sector. These opportunities range from forecasts that can alert aquaculturists when harmful algae or bacteria are present in marine waters, to species and habitat restoration, to carbon mitigation. This paper concludes with recommendations for strategies that will make U.S. aquaculture more resistant to the negative effects of climate change.