Deep sea mining plans could interfere with fish populations forced to move due to climate change according to marine biologists and oceanographers in the US and Canada

A team of marine biologists and oceanographers from the University of California, the University of British Columbia, the University of Hawaii and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, has found evidence suggesting that fish such as skipjack, yellowfin tuna and bigeye have been changing their migration patterns due to climate change and have begun moving into areas where people plan to start deep sea mining. In their paper published in the journal npj Ocean Sustainability, the group describes their work that involved studying the implications of deep-sea mining on marine life. Over the past several years, as deep-sea technology has improved, various companies around the world have begun viewing the deepest parts of ocean floor as viable mining sites. Prior research has shown that sending down vessels capable of collecting polymetallic nodules (fist-sized rocks containing high concentrations of ...