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UK's Fish & Chips at Risk? Warming seas pose habitat risk for fishy favorites

Science Daily, 17 Apr 2015.

Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could become less common on our menus because they will be constrained to preferred habitat as seas warm, according to a study; and reported in Science Daily. Fish distributions are limited by water temperature and some species can only thrive in certain habitats and depths. In the last 40 years the North Sea has warmed four times faster than the global average and further warming is predicted over the coming century, leading fisheries scientists to study how this will impact on commercial species. Read the full article here.

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