The east coast of Australia is a warming "hotspot" and marine ecosystems are feeling the heat, writes ABC environmental reporter Sarah Clarke. Read the article here: Fish in hot water as climate changes.
The Advocate newspaper reported the catch of a 1.5 m butterfly mackerel near Devonport in northern Tasmania. This impressive fish is not commonly hooked in these waters. Read the article here.
Forests of the Sea - the animation illustrates some of the changes being observed in Tasmania's marine ecosystems. The stop-motion animation, created through the Lynchpin program, was screened at the launch of Redmap Australia in December 2012.
A WAYWARD young turtle, a long way from its usual home, spent four days convalescing in a Hobart bathroom this week, writes the Mercury this week. Read the article here.
Since 2009, Tasmanian fishers and divers have logged onto the Redmap website to report hundreds of sightings of fish and marine species that they considered unusual to their stretch of the coast. Now the project has gone national with the launch of Redmap Australia! Read about the history of Redmap and how it all began with reports of some wayward snapper in Tasmania...
The Redmap website has gone national with today's launch of Redmap Australia! If you've logged a marine species on Redmap Tasmania over the last three years but can't see it on the new site: don’t worry and read on.
Spot and ID unusual fish in Tasmania with the help of Redmap's Tasmanian field guide.
Australia’s south east is a climate change ‘hotspot’, with marine waters warming at more than three times the global average. Warming will affect Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors in different ways, according to the El Nemo South East Australia Program (SEAP).
Ocean ecosystems are changing and some fish are on the move around Australia.
Australian seas are getting warmer, but it's not quite seafood chowder yet.
