A 2.1 m Carcharhinus species from Kidd s Beach (reported by Glenda Williams-Wynn). (Photo: East London Museum.)
Communities and fishermen along the East and South coast of the Eastern Cape have reported rare fish species washing up ashore.
Experts say hundreds of fish were killed after sea temperatures dropped from 24 degrees Celsius to 12 degrees Celsius on the South and East coasts of SA last week.
The first reports of dead fish in the province was made by the Morgan Bay community on Wednesday when a pregnant giant oceanic manta ray carrying a 60kg pup washed up on a rocky shore.
Communities and fishermen along the East and South coast of the Eastern Cape have been treated to the disturbing sight of rare fish species washing up ashore.
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An Ocean and Climate Agenda for the New Administration
By Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Anne Merwin
January 15, 2021, 9:01 am
Climate change is having profound effects on the ocean, as scientists have extensively documented. Coral reefs are dying, rising seas are flooding coastal communities, and fishermen are seeing their livelihoods threatened as fish seek cooler water. The ocean, however, provides opportunities to fight back. Globally, ocean-based climate solutions have the potential to provide up to one-fifth of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions necessary to limit the world’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which scientists say is necessary to lower the risks associated with warming.