Climate questions and answers

Come fishing for answers to climate change questions! Sea Change Australia helps connect the seafood sector with the best available climate change information to help the sector understand, prepare, and respond. 

Explore the Q&A database below to learn how climate change is affecting the seafood sector, and what key questions and topics other people want to know more about.

Disclaimer

Sea Change Australia enlists Experts to provide the best available information to answer your questions. However, our understanding of climate change is rapidly evolving, and considerable data and knowledge gaps remain. The information provided here is not intended to be, and should not be taken as, advice to specific businesses. While we strive for accuracy, we cannot guarantee the completeness or suitability of this information for any particular purpose. We are not responsible for any decisions or actions taken based on this information.

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  • South Australia

With climate change, what types of fish are most likely to increase in abundance in South Australia?


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  • Answer by Fred Bailleul to:

    With climate change, what t… by: Dr Fred Bailleul


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  • Western Australia

Is Ningaloo resilient enough to withstand yearly bleaching events?


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  • Answer by Kate Quigley to:

    Is Ningaloo resilient enoug… by: Dr Kate Quigley


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  • Tasmania

What is an emerging business opportunity for range extending species?


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  • Answer by Jennifer Smith to:

    What is an emerging busines… by: Dr Jennifer Smith

  • Answer by John Keane to:

    What is an emerging busines… by: Dr John Keane


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  • Western Australia

How can the fishing industry improve public perception and gain social license amid climate pressures?


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  • Tasmania

What is the best thing a person can do to help with climate change?


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  • Tasmania

Is there a relationship between warming waters and the size of the fish that people will catch?


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  • Tasmania

As a lobster fisher I want to know how lobsters will be affected by the changes in the environment I am hearing about. How will lobsters respond? How will my fishing be affected? What do so need to do to keep fishing?


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  • Tasmania

Why are some shelfish species doing okay with climate change and others not? How are shellfish species impacted by climate change?


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  • Answer by Jess Ericson to:

    Why are some shelfish speci… by: Dr Jess Ericson


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  • Tasmania

Is the ice in Antarctica shrinking or expanding?


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  • Tasmania

How will striped trumpeter and bastard trumpeter reproduction be impacted by changing climate, currents, etc, given they have long larval phases?


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