Belgium's traditional horseback fishers see climate change in their nets

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Deja Bù: Mark reconnects with Jessica Harnois, founder Bù Wines | SaltWireBRUSSELS - On a crisp, wintry day on Belgium's far-western coast, Gunther Vanbleu rides his draft horse down the sandy beach and into the shallow waters.

The fishermen and women's proximity to the coastal waters has made them front-line witnesses of how climate change is altering the ecosystem of the North Sea. That rise in temperatures has disrupted traditional seasons for the small horseback-fishing community. "For some species we see higher abundances, for example the weevers and the squid, like cuttlefish" amid warmer water temperatures, said Ilias Semmouri, a marine ecology researcher at Ghent University.

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