By Sandesh Jayasinghe The Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reset the climate expectations going forward with an analysis of the continued deterioration of the environment and its long-term impacts. It painted a negative future for the fisheries industry with uneven rainfall and rising temperatures expected to reduce production. The report states that: “Asian fisheries and aquaculture, including the local communities depending on them for livelihoods, are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change”. It pointed to the increase…