March 30, 2022 — The University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences says climate change is threatening the fishing industry, which contributes close to $300 million to the economy in North Carolina.
Marine researchers say climate change is continuing to impact the environment along the coast and is now impacting the amount of fish in the water here in the east.
University of North Carolina’s Marine Sciences college in Morehead City has conducted research into the decrease in the number of fish.
Dr. Janet Nye, Associate Professor at the Institute of Marine Sciences, has been studying water temperatures and how it impacts fish along North Carolina’s Coast.
Nye says the increase in temperatures has caused flounder and grouper numbers to decrease.