Large fish have disappeared from vast tracts of the Australian coast, writes The Guardian. The Reef Life Survey has shown how climate change looms as greatest of marine threats, which also includes fishing pressures and pollution. Read the full article here.
Redmap sightings are not just pretty photos shared on the website (although they do look pretty good!).Read the article about Redmap in Victoria's Fishing Lines magazine (on page 20).
Anglers entering this weekend's Swanfish competition have the opportunity to win a prize pack valued at over $250 for the most unusual catch logged with Redmap.
University of Western Australia (UWA) researchers have warned of the potential for "very large extinction rates" among marine life unique to southern WA due to climate change, writes ABC News. Read the full story here.
The Guardian newspaper writes: Australian animals and plants will increasingly have to find new homes in the coming decades due to climate change according to research used to create new maps of how local conditions are changing. Read the full story here.
A family stumbled across a 1.2m moonfish on Circular Head beach, writes The Advocate. This fish is not common in Bass Strait and likely strayed from the Indian or Great Southern Ocean. Read the full story here.
RISING sea temperatures could make dangerous irukandji and box jellyfish a problem in Northern Rivers waters [in the Lismore area, NSW], writes The Northern Star. Read the full article here.
Global ocean temperatures rose dramatically last year, providing another strong sign that the oft-cited global warming "pause" or "hiatus" since 2000 has happened only at the surface – while the rest of the planet has been heating up at an increasingly rapid pace, writes The Weather Channel. Read the full story and easy-to-read graphics here.
Queensland researchers say rising carbon dioxide levels are causing worsening health effects for fish living on the Great Barrier Reef, writes ABC's PM program. Read and listen to the story here.
CSIRO scientists have to classify a new species of giant jellyfish after a family discovered a 1.5m unknown jelly species washed up on a beach south of Hobart, writes ABC News Online. Read the full story here.