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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Karen McVeigh

Impact of warmer seas on fish stocks leads to rise in pirate attacks

An armed pirate keeping vigil on the coastline at Hobyo, northeastern Somalia.
An armed pirate in Hobyo, Somalia. In east Africa, where fish populations are declining due to warmer seas, piracy rates have increased. Photograph: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images

Dwindling fish stocks caused by the climate crisis are leading to an increase in pirate attacks, according to a new study looking at two piracy hotspots over the past two decades.

Warmer seas have negatively affected fisheries in east Africa, one of the world’s worst areas for piracy; while in the South China Sea, another hotspot for attacks, it has had the opposite effect: fish populations have risen.

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