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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Are there any examples of ‘opportunities’ that have emerged because of climate-driven changes? How have these been managed to maximise the benefits?
Are there any examples of ‘… by: Prof Gretta Pecl
What are some examples from around the world of the aquaculture sector adapting to climate change?
What are some examples from… by: Prof Gretta Pecl
Now that the water is getting warmer, will the kingfish season in Tassie get longer? And will there be more of them?
Now that the water is getti… by: Dr Curtis Champion
With all these new species showing up and our usual fish moving, what’s the actual plan for us to be able to catch them legally? Like, if I start seeing a commercial quantity of, say, snapper moving down here to Tasmania, which we never used to get, what’s the realistic pathway for me to actually get a quota or a permit to target them without getting in trouble? It feels like the rules aren’t keeping up with the fish.
What’s going on with the algal bloom in South Australia?
What’s going on with the al… by: Dr Zoe Doubleday
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