Climate Change is Impacting the Ocean’s Top Fish Predators

SDSU Teamed up with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOAA and Other Institutions to Model the Impact of Warming Oceans on Large Migratory Fish

By Susanne Clara Bard

New research published in Science Advances shows climate change is causing widespread habitat loss for some of the ocean’s top fish predators, driving these species northward. The shift is expected to significantly impact the food web, fisheries and coastal communities.

“Climate change is expected to cause the status quo for where these species are and how they live to fundamentally change,” said lead author Camrin Braun, an assistant scientist and marine ecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

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