Climate Change Affects Fish Population - Pascale Marceau

Environment   Apr 6, 2016 by pascale

Based on the IPCC predictions, with the climate changing and getting warmer, I believe fish population will decrease

Questions:

What species will suffer?

Will the water temperature help or hurt recreational fishing and tourism?

Will people start aquaculture and try to get normal Lake Ontario or St Lawrence river fish to reproduce in cooler water?

How much money will Gananoque lose in the upcoming warmer years and how will it affect the town?

Are people already doing stuff to prepare, is the fish already being captivated, or is anything at all happening to make sure the fish will stay alive no matter what happens?

I also contacted the Westport fish hatchery to see what they thought about the climate getting warmer and what they are gonna do/ are doing about it

Answers: 

Most fish will be affected by the weather, the reacrearional fishing and tourism will be affected by this horribly. The town of Gananoque could lose up to 500k from the climate change.

Some places in Ontario have already started aquaculture like in Westport. This may cause the fish to never be able to live in the st. Lawrence river again. They could get used to not having to catch live fish to eat and escaping from predators, etc. 

Not any articles or information about captivating fish and preparing for this climate change. The warmer the days will get (in 5-10 years) action will start happening and more people will try to save the fish. Hopefully people will start taking part and start saving the fish soon so none go extinct. Not all fish will get saved and only a certain number will get saved, sadly a lot will go extinct unless more fish hatcheries open.

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