The areas are home to penguins, seals, toothfish, whales and huge numbers of krill – a staple food for many species. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SANTIAGO - Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas – a goal that has proven elusive for years.
The areas are home to penguins, seals, toothfish, whales and huge numbers of krill – a staple food for many species. There are two in Antarctica now: around the South Orkney Islands, comprising an area of 94,000 sq km, created in 2009, and one of 2 million sq km in the Ross Sea region, established in 2016.“Unfortunately this special meeting ended as the previous six annual meetings have done: with two countries blocking the will of the other 25 CCAMLR members to move towards a network of Southern Ocean MPAs,” Ms Andrea Kavanagh of the nonprofit Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy said in a statement.
“The creation of marine protected areas is very important, because above all it protects the biodiversity... by removing the stress of fishing in these areas,” he added.
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