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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  • Tasmania

What is an emerging business opportunity for range extending species?


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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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  • Tasmania

Due to changes in ocean conditions, sardines are now present in Bass Strait in large number, as are tuna. If a sardine fishery is opened, how can it be best […]


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  • Answer by Tim Ward to:

    Due to changes in ocean con… by: Dr Tim Ward


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  • Tasmania

The east coast of Tasmania used to have lots of large barracouta which were readily caught recreationally, however more recently it’s been observed that the barracouta are smaller and less […]


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  • Tasmania

There’s an old saying of “a dry year on the land is a dry year in the ocean”. In light of this, what is the relationship between annual rainfall and […]


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  • Tasmania

How is climate change affecting Australia’s finfish aquaculture industry? What is the industry doing to respond? and How should these efforts be communicated?


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  • Tasmania

Why do you all now insist using emotive and sensation grabing language by declaring a “Marine Heat Wave” every year, even when there isnt one (like last year). These warm water events used to be called “Sea Surface Temperature Amonalies” (both hot and cold), and they should be again. Emotive language titles undermines the perception […]


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  • Tasmania

I would like to raise the following questions: 1. Is it feasible to use oysters as natural biofilters around offshore finfish farms to mitigate excess nutrients and improve water quality? Research shows that oysters can filter significant volumes of water and reduce suspended solids, nitrogen, and phosphorus effectively. 2. After these oysters are retired, can […]


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  • Answer by Sam Gordon to:

    I would like to raise the f… by: Mr Sam Gordon


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