Climate change is affecting physical and biological components and processes of marine ecosystems in many ways. Resulting changes in abundance and distribution of commercially valuable species are anticipated to create or exacerbate challenges for fisheries management across national boundaries by raising questions around catch allocation, membership in the management organizations, and forms of cooperation between the organizations. In this paper we assess eight transboundary fisheries arrangements in the Northwest Atlantic and North Pacific on their preparedness to respond to climate-change driven changes. For each arrangement a three-part analysis is provided. A general introduction to fisheries management responsibilities, including species and geographic scope, is first followed by a review of how climate-related science is being supported and a discussion of how climate change is being addressed directly or indirectly in management. The review shows that none of the examined treaties and founding documents mention climate change or direct parties to include climate change in their research programs and management measures. Nevertheless, climate change is on the radar screen of all eight arrangements although adopting management approaches that do not rely on single stock assessments remains politically difficult. The seaworthiness of the eight arrangements to address climate change varies considerably. Three arrangements were categorized as the most seaworthy for investing significant resources in ecosystem-based management and climate science. Three were assessed to be moderately seaworthy for recognizing precautionary and ecosystem approaches in their treaties, or for taking steps toward this objective, as well as supporting climate science. However, they are relying on single-stock management and, at times, struggle with making decisions based on scientific evidence. Two arrangements appear to be least seaworthy because they are largely ignoring climate change and the need for an ecosystem approach in their management or have inadequate legal tools to address these needs effectively.

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在不断变化的海洋中，西北大西洋和北太平洋的跨界渔业管理安排是否适航？

气候变化以多种方式影响着海洋生态系统的物理和生物组成部分及过程。通过提出有关渔获物分配，管理组织成员以及组织之间合作形式的问题，预计商业上有价值物种的丰度和分布所发生的变化将对跨越国界的渔业管理造成或加剧挑战。在本文中，我们评估了西北大西洋和北太平洋的8个跨界渔业安排对气候变化驱动的变化的响应能力。对于每种布置，提供了一个三部分的分析。概述渔业管理职责，包括物种和地理范围，首先是对如何支持气候相关科学的回顾，以及关于如何在管理中直接或间接解决气候变化的讨论。审查表明，所审查的条约和创始文件均未提及气候变化或直接当事方将气候变化纳入其研究计划和管理措施。尽管如此，尽管在政治上仍难以采用不依靠单一存货评估的管理方法，但气候变化仍在所有八种方案的雷达屏幕上。解决气候变化的八项安排的适航性差异很大。在将大量资源投资于基于生态系统的管理和气候科学方面，三种安排被归类为最适航。其中三人被认为在其条约中承认预防措施和生态系统方法，或为实现该目标而采取的步骤以及支持气候科学，均具有适度的适航性。但是，他们依靠单一库存管理，有时还要努力根据科学证据做出决策。两种安排似乎最不适合航海，因为它们在很大程度上忽略了气候变化以及在其管理中需要采用生态系统方法，或者没有足够的法律工具来有效解决这些需求。