Earth’s fish are disappearing because of climate change, study says

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Fishermen gather to harvest fish in Hangzhou in eastern China.

(CNN)Climate change is endangering fish worldwide, shrinking populations by up to 35% in coastal regions near China and Japan, scientists say.

Ocean warming has led to a 4% global decline in sustainable catches, the greatest amount of fish that can be caught without depleting stocks long-term, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
Using global data on fisheries and ocean temperature maps, scientists from Rutgers University in New Jersey analyzed changes in sustainable catches triggered by temperature rises between 1930 and 2010.
The scientists said they were “stunned” to discover that global warming has significantly affected fish stocks worldwide and warned that the decline could threaten the livelihoods and food supplies of millions of people.
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  1. lets not forget the water filled with poison chmi cals and plastic so that thre fish are eating plastic.lets not forget the overfishing tyhaty every commeercial fish profiteers is taking more than can be sustained, plus he is out there shooting the whales and dolphins tyo death because they have the effontery to eat “his” fish. it isnt just climatre change at all. that study is fakery.

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