Climate change hits south-east Australia fish species

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6:16 AM Fri 13 Aug 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 percent of the inshore fish families occurring in the region, that exhibited shifts thought to be climate-related. 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 and occasional visits from Queensland Groper and Tiger Sharks. 'Furthermore, up to 19 species, or five percent, of Tasmanian coastal fish fauna have undergone serious declines or ...

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