00:10The impact of El Niño is hitting fishermen across the eastern Pacific.
00:14Warmer waters are changing where fish can be found.
00:17And for small-scale fishermen that means longer trips, higher costs and increasingly empty nets.
00:23From Ecuador, Peru to Panama and Guatemala communities that depend on the sea
00:28are feeling the economic impact.
00:39Before sunrise in Santa Rosa, Ecuador, hundreds of fishing boats crowd a port that has grown unusually quiet.
00:46Fishermen are returning from overnight trips with far less than they used to catch.
00:50Some species, including tuna, snapper and anchoveta, are moving toward deeper and cooler waters as ocean temperatures rise.
01:00Before, the fishing was good. Now, it's terrible. The weather's changed a lot too.
01:09Some species are leaving because the water is too hot.
01:15For fishermen, following the fish now means going farther from shore and staying at sea longer.
01:20That also means spending more on fuel, ice and food, costs that can erase most of the money made from
01:26the catch.
01:31Scientists say the waters off Ecuador have warmed by about 3 degrees Celsius at the surface,
01:36and by as much as 6 degrees at depths of 40 meters.
01:40The combination of climate change and El Niño is reducing marine productivity and affecting the availability of several species.
01:53These impacts are already evident, primarily in the oceans.
01:57There has been a decline in marine productivity, and we have also observed a decrease in catches of various species.
02:10The impact is spreading beyond the boats. In Panama, fish sellers say smaller catches are reaching the markets,
02:17while the cost of preserving seafood with ice has increased.
02:20In Peru, some fishermen are leaving the sea altogether and turning to construction work.
02:25And in Ecuador, where tuna is a major industry, shortages have pushed up the price of some fish.
02:34For communities along the Pacific coast, the warmer ocean is becoming more than an environmental problem.
02:41It is increasingly affecting jobs, household income, and the ability to make a living from the sea.
02:50In the United States, communities across California are preparing for...
