A marine specialist says more tropical fish will survive in New South Wales far south coast waters as the ocean warms due to climate change.
The CSIRO last week released a major report on the effects of global warming on marine habitats.
The report showed that water temperatures had risen by one degree centigrade over the last century.
Professor David Booth from Sydney's University of Technology says northern fish species are moving south as temperatures rise.
“There were two years that we were looking at, 2001 and also 2006 when more fish than usual survived,” he said.
“They were the warmest winters and when we analysed the temperature data back 150 years it turns out they were the two warmest winters in 150 years because the trend is going up.
“What we're predicting now, things are getting warmer every year but soon it will be warm enough to support these little guys.”
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