Canada's fisheries minister says the impacts of climate change are a fact of life that will have to be factored in the management of Canada's multi-billion dollar seafood industry. "That variable of climate change is new, and it's a new variable we didn't have to account for in the past. It says warmer sea temperatures, less ice cover and changing currents in Canada's Atlantic Ocean are the result of global climate change. The State of the Atlantic Ocean report, released this week, summarizes the overall health and trends in the Atlantic Ocean based on scientific research and monitoring from DFO and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Silver hake has moved into Newfoundland, a possible indicator of changes that will be seen with climate change.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2019 09:00 UTC