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.
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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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- Queensland
What impacts might climate change have on food safety in the seafood sector? For example on supply chains, transport of goods, production of aquaculture such as shellfish and pathogen spread?
- Answer by Alison Turnbull to:
What impacts might climate … by: Dr Alison Turnbull
- Tasmania
How should the Tasmanian finfish industry prepare for the upcoming summer? Would reducing stocking density provide the best animal husbandry response? what about early harvesting followed by a period of […]
- Answer by Matt Barrenger to:
How should the Tasmanian fi… by: Mr Matt Barrenger
- Queensland
Have the numbers of turtles on the Great Barrier Reef increased? And is there a link between turtle populations and climate change?
- Answer by Jaime Restrepo to:
Have the numbers of turtles… by: Jaime Restrepo
- Tasmania
How can the insurance sector adapt its products and risk assessment frameworks to account for the increasing frequency and severity of climate-driven events (e.g., marine heatwaves, storms, disease outbreaks), and what innovative insurance models could support the long-term resilience of fishers and aquaculture producers?
- Answer by Alistair Hobday to:
How can the insurance secto… by: Dr Alistair Hobday
- Answer by Matt Weaver to:
How can the insurance secto… by: Mr Matt Weaver
- Tasmania
Are invasive species extending because of climate, as well as range extending species?
- Answer by Barrett Wolfe to:
Are invasive species extend… by: Dr Barrett Wolfe
- Northern Territory
With climate change, how will heat stress affect the workforce in Northern Australia?
- Answer by Beth Fulton to:
With climate change, how wi… by: Dr Beth Fulton
- Tasmania
How can healthy seagrass beds support healthy fisheries, and how might climate change impact that relationship?
- Answer by Kathryn McMahon to:
How can healthy seagrass be… by: Prof Kathryn McMahon
- Tasmania
How can we future proof the salmon industry for climate change?
- Answer by Matt Barrenger to:
How can we future proof the… by: Mr Matt Barrenger
- Tasmania
What causes sedimentation build up on seagrasses, and is this related to climate change, or something else?
- Answer by Kathryn McMahon to:
What causes sedimentation b… by: Prof Kathryn McMahon
- Queensland
Ingidenous fishers from the Torres Strait mentioned increased freshwater inputs in the region resulting in fish and coral mortalities. As a result, how can we monitor and predict fresh water […]
- Answer by Stephanie Brodie to:
Ingidenous fishers from the… by: Dr Stephanie Brodie