Climate change hits SE Australia fish species

12:46 AM Sun 10 Oct 2010 GMT

'The Maugean Skate - currently listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.' &copy Copyright CSIRO Australia

CSIRO's Climate Adaptation and Wealth from Oceans Flagships have identified 43 species, representing about 30 per cent of the inshore fish families occurring in the region, that exhibited shifts thought to be climate-related. 'Increased water temperatures in the Tasman Sea are likely to have a cascading effect through local marine ecosystems.' Dr Peter Last from the CSIRO says - 'These include warm temperate surf-zone species such as Silver Drummer and Rock Blackfish that are breeding and have become more abundant, and range increases in Snapper and Rock Flathead. There is also a greater abundance of warm water tunas and billfishes ...

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