Ocean acidification may threaten national food security - experts

Ocean acidification linked to climate change may threaten national food security, say experts.

The country's food security is at risk of being affected when oceans become hotter and acidified due to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in the upper atmosphere, they said.

Department of Fisheries director-general Adnan Hussain said the natural biological process (OA) has the potential to negatively affect national food security by jeopardising the entire range of fish that inhabit the ocean.

He also said the national overall fish landings saw a significant decline from year to year.

Citing figures, Adnan noted that the volume of fish landings in Malaysia in 2022 amounted to 1.31 million metric tonnes from 1.32 million metric tonnes in the previous year. The overall national fish landings in 2020 stood at..