New Zealand ‘marine heatwave’ brings rare tropical fish across the Tasman sea from Australia after a record-breaking hot summer and extreme hot ocean temperature took place in the country.
On Saturday, The Queensland groper was spotted swimming around the wreck of the HMNZ Canterbury in the Bay of Islands which is more than 3,000 kilometres away from its usual cruising spots.
The groper was spotted in few areas of sea as this year New Zealand experienced its hottest summer on record which pulled out by a “marine heatwave” where sea temperatures rose up as much as six degrees.
According to a report by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the tempareture of January was higher than three level above which is 20.3C.
The 600kg Queensland groper, a rare fish from Australia was once noticed and recorded by way of a skipper from Paihia Dive, a small coastal the town within the a ways north of the rustic.
As the water in New Zealand was generally too cold for the fish to breed, Craig Johnston, owner of Paihia Dive said it “very rare” to see and also reveals the odds of their survival were slim once sea temperatures dipped below 18 degrees.
“This is unusual, I’ve been working in the industry 20 years and there hasn’t been a season like this before, it’s quite incredible,” said Craig Johnston.
The heatwave additionally resulted in a growth in land-based animals, together with an explosion within the rodent inhabitants, which was once predicted to extend 10-fold by way of the spring, because of an abundance in meals provide.
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