Climbing temperatures threaten Singapore fish farming

Climate change threatens viability
 of fish farming in Singapore.

SINGAPORE: With temperatures in Singapore expected to climb in the coming weeks, coastal fish farmers are coming up with ways to cope with a possible plankton bloom.

The phenomenon, which sees a surge in plankton due to factors like unusual weather, can cause massive fish deaths. It has been occurring here since 2009. In 2015, more than 50 coastal farms across Singapore lost more than 500 tonnes of fish to the plankton bloom overnight. Some fish farms lost more than S$1 million in earnings.

Read the Channel News Asia story - “Singapore’s fish farms brace for impact of climate change.”