Review and perspectives on skipjack tuna fishery under global climate change

Over the past several decades,impacts of climate changes on the sustainable development of marine fisheries have been greatly concerned,especially the global warming. Tuna fisheries play a significant role in marine fisheries not only due to their high economic values,but also because of their abundant captures. In tuna fisheries,catches of skipjack tuna( Katsuwonus pelamis) had accounted for more than half of the total captures since 2005. However,studies on responses of skipjack tuna to climate change are still on the very beginning currently. Therefore,the paper reviewed the trend in captures of skipjack tuna over the past six decades,and compared the study histories on skipjack tuna under climate change between Chinese scientists and international scientists. Moreover,based on our current research status,we proposed our perspectives on the future concentrations on skipjack tuna.