What is the relationship between fishing and climate change? These sustainable Australian fisheries are finding innovative solutions to reduce their climate impact.
Witness to Climate Change: Austral Fisheries - Australia
David Carter, CEO of Austral fisheries, says climate change is something fishers live with practically daily. “We are seeing first-hand the changes that are taking place in our oceans. It’s just impossible for us just to be watching this and not want to do something about it.”
Hear what Carter thinks is needed to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, and find ways to use other than, “crushed up dinosaurs to run our boats.”
Witness to Climate Change: Austral Fisheries
Witness to Climate Change: The Abrolhos Island and Mid-West Scallop Trawl Fishery - Australia
The MSC certified fishery, in Western Australia, experienced a marine heatwave in 2010-11, which wiped out stocks and it took the fishery five years to recover. The fishery had left plenty of stock at the end of the fishing season, but six months later, the stocks had literally disappeared.
Hear fishery managing director, Hamish Ch’ng, explain how climate change has had a dramatic impact on the business and how it led to five years of no fishing.
Witness to Climate Change in Our Oceans: The Abrolhos Island and Mid-West Scallop Trawl Fishery
Fishing for Solutions – the Climate Catastrophe: The Time for Action is Now
This powerful documentary explores the stark reality of the impact of climate change on the fishing industry, and the previously under-recognized role of sustainable seafood in climate policy.
“Fishing for solutions – the climate catastrophe: the time for action is now”, is a Farelight Productions creation, commissioned by the Marine Stewardship Council - the not-for-profit responsible for the world’s largest sustainable seafood certification programme.
With first-hand accounts of marine heatwaves, shifting fish stocks and the impact of climate change on fishers across the globe, the film contains a powerful rallying call to policy makers to tackle the causes of climate change, and agree adaptive, resilient solutions in the face of profound climate driven shifts in ocean ecosystems.
Fishing for Solutions – the Climate Catastrophe: The Time for Action is Now
Read about Climate Change and Fishing
Sign up for teacher updates
Each quarter, we'll feature the latest education resources, upcoming calendar dates, competitions and the very best ocean-related stories.