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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clim Chang Econ (Singap). 2020 Dec 30;N/A:10.1142/s2010007821500020. doi: 10.1142/s2010007821500020

Table 10.

Projected changes in commercial harvests for the 16 modeled species, RCP 4.5.

Fishery group Fishery Annual average, 2007–2016 (MM lb) 2050 Projectiona 2090 Projectiona
Landings (MM lb) Percentage change 95% Confidence interval Landings (MM lb) Percentage change 95% Confidence interval
Lobster/crab Blue crab 168.3 180.1 7.1% 2.4–12.7% 194.5 15.6% 4.4–28.1%
Dungeness crab 58.9 49.2 (16.5%) (25.2–7.1%) 41 (30.4%) (41.9–18.6%)
American lobster 126.7 128.3 1.3% (3.1)-5.1% 121.1 (4.4%) (11.3)-2.1%
Florida stone Crab (claws) 4.6 3.5 (25.1%) (34.6–13.3%) 3 (35.6%) (48.7–20.1%)
Shrimp/mollusk Sea scallop 49.3 51.5 4.3% 0.4–9.2% 49.2 (0.3%) (4.9)-3.9%
Brown shrimp 107.4 104.8 (2.5%) (5.6)-0.2% 102.7 (4.4%) (9.6)-0.4%
White shrimp 109.1 120.8 10.7% 5.8–15.2% 127.7 17% 9–24.1%
California market squid 179.4 193.9 8% 6.1–10.4% 215 19.8% 15.6–26.1%
High-value fish Pacific halibut 43.2 43.1 (0.2%) (1.8)-1.7% 44.8 3.6% 1.9–5.8%
Sablefish 39.6 42.1 6.2% (1.9)-15% 44.6 12.5% 5.7–21.5%
Chinook salmon 14.5 13.9 (3.7%) (8.6)-1.3% 14.3 (0.8%) (6.5)-5.1%
Summer flounder 11.2 12.4 10.2% 2.1–19.4% 13 15.6% 3.3–29.4%
Low-value fish Walleye pollock 2760.6 2765.1 0.2% (1.4)-1.1% 2840.3 2.9% 1.1–4.5%
Pacific cod 620.2 616.4 (0.6%) (1.8)-0.6% 631.2 1.8% (1.6)-5.1%
Yellowfin sole 290.6 257.7 (11.3%) (21.9)-0% 200.4 (31%) (44.4–19%)
Chum salmon 118.7 106.8 (10.1%) (18)-0.6% 84.5 (28.8%) (38–20.1%)
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The projected change in commercial harvests assumes that the catch of each species would increase or decrease in direct proportion to the projected change in the species’ thermally available habitat.