Academician Kulchin linked the increase in the number of sharks off the coast of Primorye with global warming

Global warming is pushing sharks to the coast of Primorsky Krai. The reason for the increased frequency of encounters with the “thunderstorm of the seas” was stated to RIA Novosti by the Chairman of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Yuri Kulchin.

According to the scientist, such landfalls, or invasions, began to happen more often against the backdrop of warming water - the temperature in the World Ocean has already increased by more than one and a half degrees. There is no downward trend in indicators, from which we can conclude that there will be more and more evidence of encounters with sharks in Primorye. “There have always been sharks. But, of course, the process will continue,” Kulchin said. In this regard, the expert advises installing anti-shark nets in recreation areas.

Invasions are observed not only among sharks, the academician noted. In particular, tuna has become more frequently caught in coastal waters. At the same time, warming water does not have an important effect on the salmon population in Primorye: temperature is important for them during the spawning period, which will lead to a decrease in salmon arrivals on Sakhalin and Kamchatka. At the same time, there can only be more salmon in Yakutia, Kulchin added.