- To estimate primary (phytoplankton) and secondary (zooplankton) production in key coastal-ocean fisheries around the world under climate change scenarios. (Module 1)

- To link primary production to fish production and fisheries catches and to develop climate-forced models of fish biomass and production (Module 2)

- To investigate the socio-economic consequences of climate-driven changes in fish production for global fish-based commodities, such as fishmeal (Module 3)

- Develop improved ways of assessing vulnerability of fisheries to future climate change, in the context of other drivers of change: supply-demand changes, governance scenarios, macro-economic change (e.g. fuel price changes) (Module 4)