Mission
To develop economic tools to assess the adaptive capacity and potential impacts of climate change risks and their roles in the overall vulnerability of marine resource harvesting so that appropriate management strategies can be developed to ensure economically resilient and sustainable fishing practices

The Markets Theme role within the ARN-MBR is twofold:

1)  To facilitate the development of economic tools and methods to (i) predict and estimate the likelihood and effect of adaptation as part of climate change impact assessment, and (ii) to evaluate planned adaptation options as part of the policy development process in the marine sector so that appropriate management strategies can be developed to ensure economically resilient and sustainable fishing practices for traditional, commercial and recreational sectors.

2)  To facilitate development of market-based instruments that can be used to address climate-induced conservation and resources impacts as part of planned strategies in the marine sector.

Members of the Market Theme will work closely with other themes within the ARN-MBR and with other Networks in order to facilitate the development of integrated, interdisciplinary economic assessment tools and cost-effective market-based adaptation options for the marine sector.