The United Kingdom Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) brings together scientists, government, its agencies and NGOs to provide co-ordinated advice on climate change impacts around our coast and in our seas.
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MCCIP synthesises broad based evidence on how climate change is affecting our coast and seas and its impacts on:

  • marine ecosystems;
  • cleanliness and safety;
  • commercial activities.

See our annual report card and ecosystem linkages report card for more details.

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MCCIP 2010-2011 ARC and Marine 'Climate Smart Working'

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The 2010-2011 MCCIP Annual Report Card says the following about fish:

  • Some fish distributions have moved northwards over the past 30 years by between 50 to 400km, with coldwater speices such as monkfish and snake blenny moving the furthest. At the same time, some have moved into deeper waters at an average rate of about 3.5 metres per decade.

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