“…Climate driven regime shift was observed among the major large marine ecosystems in north Pacific region since th beginning 20 century (Zhang et al, 2000;Zhang et al, 2004;Gong et al, 2007;Kim et al, 2007;Lee et al, 2008;Kang et al, 2012;Gong and Suh, 2013).Two large climate regime shift events were well detected in 1976/77 (hereafter 1976) and 1988/89 (hereafter 1988); however, more recently in 1998 regime shift also was observed in this region. In the East Asian marginal sea, regime shifts in temperature have been reported in previous studies (Rebstock and Kang, 2003;Gordon and Giulivi, 2004;Zhang et al, 2004;Kim et al, 2007;Jung et al, 2007;Kim et al, 2008;Lee et al, 2008;Kang et al, 2012, Jung et al, 2017. An early winter (Dec-Feb) warming trend after 1977 CRS and a winter (Jan-Mar) warming trend after 1988 CRS in both north and south East / Japan Sea, northern East China Sea and eastern Yellow Sea were observed (Kang et al, 2012).…”