Fish out of water — marine management in a changing climate

Marie Jaegly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

A fisherman's tale: on the night of 6 October 1986 lobster fishermen from the small town of Gilleleje, north of Copenhagen, fishing the Kattegat Sea, found their nets crammed with Norway lobster. Many of the animals were dead or dying. About half were a strange colour.

Rising sea temperatures, ice-free Arctic summers and a changing marine food chain

Marie Jaegly — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The seas, and especially the European ones, are warming up. More likely than not, the Arctic will have ice-free summers well before the end of this century. Fish and plankton are already expanding their geographical distribution further north, and the seasonal cycles of certain species are changing.

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Fish out of water — marine management in a changing climate

Rising sea temperatures, ice-free Arctic summers and a changing marine food chain