A Swordfish on Haida Gwaii: Unusual, but No Longer Unexpected
A swordfish turned up on Haida Gwaii, and a University of British Columbia researcher says the finding is unusual but no longer unexpected, given warming waters worldwide, including in Canada. That pairing is the interesting part. One swordfish is still an anomaly; what has changed is that the anomaly now fits conditions researchers already expect. Whether more follow is the question the report itself raises.
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The load-bearing word is “unexpected.” Rarity and surprise are different measurements, and warming waters are moving the second one faster than the first.
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Which is also why one fish settles little on its own. “No longer unexpected” is a statement about ocean conditions, not evidence of a new swordfish population off Haida Gwaii.