Climate change: implications for fisheries and coastal aquaculture

A keynote address at the 25th annual conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria. The paper presented evidence of climate change in the past and discussed the issue of global warming in the past, present and future. The Greenhouse effects are some of the topics discussed. Discussed in greater detail is the Nigerian situation in the global warming and climate change. The potential impacts on aquaculture has been enumerated. The paper is concluded by given suggestionswhich mitigate the impact of climate change and called on the Federal Ministry of Environment to strengthen research and other arms of government to create a strong synergy to work towards ameliorating the impact of climate change in the country.