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"These changes are likely to have negative effects on marine ecosystems and organisms that contribute significantly to the economy and ecology of the Pacific Region ... where ocean acidification and its biological effects remain largely unmonitored and unstudied."
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A serious problem that gets continuously swept under the rug, there is an effort to accentuate the link between acidification and climate change, to draw more interest from governments and the population at large.
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Ocean acidification occurs when the seas absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than normal. As the level of the gas increases in the atmosphere, so does the sea's acidity. Scientists estimate the surface of the open ocean is about 30 per cent more acidic than it was a century ago.
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Add to this the dumping of waste, human sewage and overfishing on a massive global scale, and it won't be long before the oceans will be nothing but a desert. The near 90% drop in fish populations from its peak gets nothing but a shrug at this point, but the problem in Canadian and American waters is a small fraction of the problem compared to the Indian Ocean, and South East Asia.
http://www.insidebrockville.com/news...nd-fish-study/