surface temperature
Fisheries
NAO
Portugal
a b s t r a c t
Climate change affects ocean conditions, which will in turn impact marine organisms and ecosystems,
with consequences for fisheries. The Iberian Peninsula has faced an increase in both air and sea surface
temperature, and rainfall has decreased in intensity and frequency in Portugal. As Portugal is the third
highest per capita consumer of fish in the world and its coast is located in a biogeographic transition
zone, between temperate and subtropical waters