North Atlantic fish populations shifting as ocean temperatures warm
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 17:28
in Earth & Climate
About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing from U.S. waters as they move farther offshore, according to a new study by NOAA researchers.
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