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
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
- 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
- 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
- Tasmania
What is an emerging business opportunity for range extending species?
- 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
- Tasmania
What is the best thing a person can do to help with climate change?
- Answer by Gretta Pecl to:
What is the best thing a pe… by: Prof Gretta Pecl
- Tasmania
Is there a relationship between warming waters and the size of the fish that people will catch?
- Answer by Freddie Heather to:
Is there a relationship bet… by: Dr Freddie Heather
- 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?
- Answer by Samantha Twiname to:
As a lobster fisher I want … by: Dr Samantha Twiname