England’s traditional dinner of fish sticks and french fries could vanish from the menu due to climate change, as indicated by new research.

Scientists say larger marine species – including cod and haddock – face either being wiped out or shrinking in size as rising temperatures cause a reduction of oxygen in the oceans.

The discoveries, in light of an investigation of scavangers in the Antarctic, bolster the hypothesis that greater ocean animals are progressively defenseless against climate change

Past research has proposed a few animal types could psychologist up to a quarter by 2050.

Educator John Spicer, who co-authored the study and is a marine zoologist at the University of Plymouth, has gone through over 30 years examining the impact of environmental change on ocean organisms.

He said: “Over the last 50 years, the oxygen in our oceans has decreased by around two to five per cent and this is already having an effect on species’ ability to function.

“Unless they adapt, many larger marine invertebrates will either shrink in size or face extinction, which would have a profoundly negative impact on the ecosystems of which they are a part.

“This is obviously a major cause for concern.”

The study, distributed in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, saw four sorts of shellfish, known as amphipods, which are plenteous off the shore of the western Antarctic peninsula.

It found that bigger species endured respiratory drawbacks when the levels of oxygen were reduced, compared to smaller animals.

The examination additionally discovered proof of “evolutionary innovation, for example, the improvement of shades that lifts the oxygen-conveying limit of the blood.

Professor Spicer said: ”Our research also shows some species have evolved mechanisms to compensate for reductions in oxygen, and so it is not always as simple as drawing a link between size and future survival.

“But it would be foolhardy to pin our hopes on such ‘evolutionary rescue’. Many large species will almost certainly be the first casualties of our warming, oxygen-poor ocean.”

Past investigations have discovered that environmental change could prompt populaces of cod being supplanted by different species, for example, squid, sardines, mackerel and red mullet.

Rising sea temperatures have officially diminished worldwide fish stocks by almost 5 percent, and up to 35 percent in key angling areas, for example, the North Sea.

Dr Simon Morley, an ecophysiologist with the British Antarctic Survey and a co-creator of the study with Professor Spicer, said: “Marine animals thrive in the Southern Ocean but life in these freezing waters has led to the evolution of many distinct characteristics.

“These ‘strategies’, which allow animals to survive in the cold, are expected to make many Antarctic marine invertebrates and fish vulnerable to the impact of climate change.

“Understanding these impacts will not only help us to predict the fate of marine biodiversity at the poles but will also teach us much about the mechanisms that will determine the survival of species across the world’s oceans.”