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Marine protection in Antarctica is failing

Krill populations are being decimated in the Southern Ocean, by a few individuals for use in aquaculture feed, pet feed and krill oil.

Yet, almost all Antarctic wildlife is reliant on the small shrimp-like species by either directly consuming krill or consuming other krill-eating species. This includes whales, Antarctic penguin species, several seabird and seal species.

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Continued Krill extraction will disrupt the antarctic ecosystem, impacting global biodiversity and planetary climate regulation.

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Close the southern ocean to fishing

Our Antarctica makes the ambitious call to close the Southern Ocean to fishing. This is both urgent and necessary to maintain the integrity of the Antarctic ecosystem and protect far-ranging wildlife that relies on it, such as whales that migrate from Antarctica to countries where they have cultural, social and economic significance, including Latin America, the Pacific Islands and African States.

The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is the framework responsible for protecting Antarctic flora and fauna. CCAMLR has repeatedly failed to find consensus among its members, which has prevented the creation of any marine protected areas (MPAs) in almost a decade and, last year, failed to renew measures to limit the krill fishing effort with disastrous environmental impacts.

Who will save Antarctica?

The Antarctic Avengers are a group of ambitious ocean leaders, renowned scientists, policymakers, wildlife filmmakers, and public figures, united to protect one of the world’s last remaining wildernesses.

Antarctic Avengers

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AT A TIME OF RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND GLOBAL UNEASE, NOW IS THE TIME FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE PEOPLE, TO UNITE TO PROTECT A GLOBAL COMMONS, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LAST REMAINING PRISTINE WILDERNESSES: OUR ANTARCTICA.

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