Fish heading south big worry for tropic zone

13 Oct 2014

Fish stocks could migrate up to 26 kilometres a decade as the world’s ocean warm.


And that means large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050, as more species head for Antarctica and the Arctic, say United States researchers at the University of Columbia.

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Tasman District Council general manager for regional services Nathan Clarke

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