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Strong El Niño brings exotic species to California waters

Original: Exotic species appear off California due to a strong El Niño California's strong El Niño is boosting fishing, pushing ra

California's strong El Niño is warming coastal waters and changing marine life patterns. Rarely sighted species such as longfin bigeye fish, whale sharks and hammerheads are appearing closer to shore, and fishing has improved. Sea turtles have also nested on California beaches for the first time, which observers link to the unusually warm ocean conditions along the Pacific coast.

Why now: The rare appearance of tropical species and first-time sea turtle nesting highlights the dramatic effects of the current strong El Niño.

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• Exotic species appear off California due to a strong El Niño California's strong El Niño is boosting fishing, pushing rarely sighted and exotic species like longfin bigeye fish, whale sharks and hammerheads closer to shore, as sea turtles nested on its beaches for the first… · fllics · 1

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