Authorities believe marine heatwave conditions may have led to the death of around 30,000 fish at Gnoorea Beach, south of Karratha.
Fisheries officials say a marine heatwave may have led to a fish kill on Western Australia's Pilbara coast.Authorities believe a climate-change-driven marine heatwave is the most likely cause of mass fish deaths off Western Australia's Pilbara coast.
The phenomenon was detected in September last year and declared a moderate heatwave, but conditions have warmed since then. He said the effects of the 2010–11 heatwave were still being felt in commercial fisheries, where there were major losses to Roe's abalone stocks and scallops in the Gascoyne.Coastal oceanographer Charitha Pattiaratchi leads a University of WA team that is designing ocean gliders.In December last year, a marine drone was deployed from the Pilbara town of Onslow and what was discovered suggested the hotter-than-average water temperature extended about 200 metres below the surface.
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