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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- Northern Territory
Australia’s fisheries management has been built on two core principles: secure access rights that drive efficiency, and maintaining stocks at levels that maximise productivity. These objectives are already strained by spatial squeeze, but still achievable. However, the implementation of the Montreal biodiversity targets—recently clarified by government as 30% fully protected by 2030 and an interim […]
- Answer by Beth Fulton to:
Australia’s fisheries manag… by: Dr Beth Fulton
- Western Australia
How can we ensure fishers have security and foresight in planning for future climate impacts?
- Answer by Beth Fulton to:
How can we ensure fishers h… by: Dr Beth Fulton
- Western Australia
What should a marine climate change response strategy include (e.g., playbooks for heatwaves, algal blooms)?
- Answer by Jess Melbourne-Thomas to:
What should a marine climat… by: Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas
- Western Australia
How can we ensure equitable access to fishing opportunities as costs rise and environmental conditions shift?
- Answer by Emily Ogier to:
How can we ensure equitable… by: Dr Emily Ogier
- Western Australia
How do changing demographics and cultural practices influence fishing behavior and climate adaptation?
- Answer by ingrid van Putten to:
How do changing demographic… by: Dr ingrid van Putten
- Western Australia
What legislative changes are needed to provide more flexibility and security for commercial fishers?
- Answer by Martin Exel to:
What legislative changes ar… by: Mr Martin Exel
- Answer by Liam Fullbrook to:
What legislative changes ar… by: Dr Liam Fullbrook
- Western Australia
Why do fishers receive less support than farmers during extreme climate events, and how can this be addressed?
- Answer by Gretta Pecl to: Why do fishers receive less su… by: Prof Gretta Pecl
- Western Australia
What policy reforms are needed to allow fishers to shift to new species or consolidate licenses?
- Answer by Liam Fullbrook to:
What policy reforms are nee… by: Dr Liam Fullbrook
- Western Australia
How can small-scale fisheries be better supported through adaptable regulations?
- Answer by David Mills to:
How can small-scale fisheri… by: Dr David Mills
- Western Australia
What governance changes are needed to support quota management and responsiveness to climate-driven changes?
- Answer by Daniel Corrie to:
What governance changes are… by: Mr Daniel Corrie