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Krill fishing industry retreats from parts of the Antarctic

by DiveSSI - 11th July 2018

Industry Association supports marine sanctuary in the Weddell SeaThe krill industry will stop fishing in large parts of the ecologically sensitive are...

Krill, Euphausia superba, represent a critical component of the Antarctic food web, providing food for fish, whales, seals, penguins, albatross and other seabirds, as well as marine invertebrates.
Greenpeace is on a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seafloor submarine dives, to highlight the urgent need for the creation of a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Key findings from the footage and samples gathered from the submarine dives will be shared with the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR) to establish localised protections as well as to strengthen this and other upcoming proposals for marine protection in the Antarctic.

antarctica, conservation, krill, marine sanctuary,

“License to Krill”

by DiveSSI - 19th March 2018

Greenpeace: industrial krill fishing endangers the Southern OceanThe fishing industry is jeopardizing the ecological balance of the south polar food w...

conservation, krill, ocean, research,

Antarctic: No Marine Sanctuary in the Southern Ocean

by DiveSSI - 2nd November 2018

Russia, China and Norway prevent protection of the Wedell SeaAccording to media reports, the Antarctic Commission CCAMLR has decided against setting u...

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antarctica, conservation, marine sanctuary, ocean,

Weddell Sea: Icy gem in the Southern Ocean

by DiveSSI - 1st November 2018

Weddell Sea Sanctuary: The largest marine reserve in the world is to be createdIn the Southern Ocean, north of the Antarctic, the largest marine reser...

conservation, ocean, Sea Sanctuary, Weddell Sea,

Marine researchers on expedition in the Southern Ocean

by DiveSSI - 21st March 2018

Antarctic: Climate change and krillThe small, swimming crustacean krill and the gelatinous salps are the focus of an expedition of Oldenburg oceanogra...

antarctic, krill, southern ocean,

Japan starts hunt of minke whales in the Pacific

by DiveSSI - 9th September 2015

Scientific? Whale HuntJapan’s Ministry of Fisheries have announced the start of the annualhunt for minke whales off the coast of Hokkaido, for “sc...

WDC, whale hunt, whales,