Australia usually hosts the world's biggest cuttlefish mating event - not this year
According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.
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"Because there have been so few cuttlefish, DEW thought it would be worth going out and trying to do an assessment of how many eggs there currently are around the coastline to understand what the population is going to be next year."
— Manny Katz , Academic
"so the success of one breeding season is going to determine the population next year."
— Manny Katz , Academic
"this is an indicator that our marine ecosystems are in real big trouble - the canary in the coal mine, so to speak."
— Manny Katz , Academic
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According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.
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