Share your knowledge
We are building a national database of sector-led insights and will share highlights to showcase the key issues, challenges, and innovations emerging across Australia.
Fishers and seafood producers spend time on the water and are often the first to notice changes in the environment. Across the sector, people are already adapting—by shifting practices, target species, fishing grounds, or attitudes toward climate change. Sea Change Australia values this on-the-ground knowledge and invites you to share your observations of climate impacts and your stories of change.
By contributing your story, you help others learn, feel empowered to act, and see what climate adaptation looks like in practice. Share your knowledge and be part of the journey toward a more climate-resilient seafood sector.
Submit your observation or adaptation stories
Your observations of change
About your observations of change
- Prolonged periods of unusually warm water (marine heatwaves)
- Algal blooms or fish kills
- Habitat degradation like coral bleaching
- Unusual fish behaviours or signs of disease
- Changes in the timing of migration, spawning, maturation or moulting
- Shifts in the timing, location, composition, or quantity of your catch
- Difficulty accessing usual fishing areas or maintaining product quality
Your adaptation stories
About your climate adaptation stories
Share any changes you are doing (or planning) to your fishing, seafood production, or supply chain practices in response to impacts that can be associated to climate change. These include shifting fishing practices to accommodate changes in species distribution, changes to target species or diversifying catch in response to changes in availability, changes to your fishing area or time, changes to your livelihood (like including new sources of income), avoiding certain practices that were common in the past, etc.
We invite you to share how you are adapting—or planning to adapt—your fishing, aquaculture, or supply chain practices in response to climate-related changes. These may include:
- Adjusting fishing practices to track shifting species
- Changing target species or diversifying your catch
- Modifying the process, timing or location of operations (throughout the supply chain)
- Incorporating new sources of income or livelihood strategies
- Phasing out past practices that are no longer viable under changing conditions
- Adjust fishing gear to minimise new species or bycatch interactions
- Marketing “new” species or products to end consumers
By sharing your experiences, you’ll help build a picture of how the seafood sector is already responding to climate change and inspire others to take action.
Submission form
We’re excited to hear from you!
Parts of your story may be shared publicly as part of our effort to highlight observations and stories from across the seafood sector. You can choose how your information is shared and may opt to share your first name, full name, or remain anonymous. Your contact details will only be used by the team if we need to follow up about your story. See more information below.
How we use your contribution
Sea Change Australia is building a national database of sector-led insights to better understand how climate change is affecting fisheries and aquaculture across the country. Your observations and stories will help identify key issues, challenges, and innovations already emerging in response. These insights will inform research, policy, and engagement activities, and selected highlights may be shared through our website, presentations, and reports to support learning and action across the sector.
When you submit a contribution, you are providing implied consent to participate in research conducted by the University of Tasmania, approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). There are no known risks to participating, and benefits include having your story showcased and contributing to knowledge exchange in the seafood sector. Participation is voluntary, but please note that once submitted, your information cannot be withdrawn as it will be anonymised and analysed as part of the full dataset.
We collect your name and contact details for follow-up purposes only—they will not be shared without your explicit consent. You may choose to remain anonymous in all public-facing materials. If we wish to feature your story in more detail (like in a story map or video), we will contact you directly for permission.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
