Marine expert warns of climate emergency as fish abandon tropical waters

[Binkie The Clown]

From The Guardian U.K.

As climate change pushes marine species towards cooler waters, and the fishing industry expands around the globe, the tropics are emptying out, a leading fisheries expert has warned.

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“Climate change is something that is already being perceived by fish. It’s already happening and they’re already moving,” he said.

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“In temperate areas you will have the fish coming from a warmer area, and another one leaving. You’ll have a lot of transformation but they will actually – at least in terms of fishery – adapt. In the tropics you don’t have the replacement, you have only fish leaving.”

Much more at the link.

[pansypoo53219]

1. need to LIMIT big fishing. i refuse to eat any seafood.

[hunter]

2. Fish ought to be protected just as migratory birds were protected.

There's a reason we can't buy wild duck and geese in the supermarket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act_of_1918