Adapting to climate change in the fishery industry case study: Phuoc Hai and Phuoc Tinh fishing villages of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, Vietnam

Abstract

Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province is part of
the South Eastern key economic zone. This province
is the gate to the Southeast Asia Sea of the South
Eastern region. Ba Ria – Vung Tau has a coastal line
of 350 kilometers and the estimated area of the
continental shelf of 100,000 square kilometers. These
geographical conditions have helped developed
fishery and seafood processing industry. In the late
ten years, many changes in climate and weather
condition has had strong impact on the local life of
those who live in the coastal area and mostly live on
fishery. In order to adapt with those changes, people
have actively seeked and opted for different
measures which are applicable for their socioeconomic
condition. Using descriptive statistics to
analyze both primary and secondary data of two
study areas, this paper discuss some solutions the
communities have used to adapt to climate change.
Then the authors propose some recommendations to
assist the people in selecting solutions for climate
change adaptation.