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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- 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
- Tasmania
Now that the water is getting warmer, will the kingfish season in Tassie get longer? And will there be more of them?
- Answer by Curtis Champion to:
Now that the water is getti… by: Dr Curtis Champion
- Tasmania
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.
- Policy and regulations around newly arrived species by: Dr Liam Fullbrook
- 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
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
What is the current capability and capacity to predict marine heatwaves? What improvements are needed in ocean monitoring systems and modelling to improve prediction capacity?
- Answer by Alistair Hobday to:
What is the current capabil… by: Dr Alistair Hobday
- South Australia
Has the locations from where you collect data changed for the past 30+ years ? How much has the technology changed over that period? Also I am always told to trust the science but every time there is always a disclaimer that says it could be wrong and can’t be held accountable so I don’t […]
- Answer by Beth Fulton to:
Has the locations from wher… by: Dr Beth Fulton
- Answer by Gretta Pecl to:
Has the locations from wher… by: Prof Gretta Pecl
- Answer by Chloe Lucas to:
Has the locations from wher… by: Dr Chloe Lucas
- 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 […]
- Answer by Alistair Hobday to:
Why do you all now insist u… by: Dr Alistair Hobday
- Western Australia
How do fluctuating water temperatures affect fish spawning and survival, and what are the limits of species adaptability?
- Answer by Curtis Champion to:
How do fluctuating water te… by: Dr Curtis Champion
- Western Australia
How can we track and manage long-term impacts of species redistribution on ecosystems and fishing practices?
- Answer by Gretta Pecl to:
How can we track and manage… by: Prof Gretta Pecl