Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and seals
An Australian expert says China has clear ambition to fish more krill and exert its influence in the region, while Russia may have a more disruptive agenda.An Australian expert says China has clear ambition to fish more krill and exert its influence in the region, while Russia may have a more disruptive agenda.
The commission has a rule restricting the annual krill take in four neighbouring zones around the west Antarctic peninsula to 620,000 tonnes a year. The four zones cover the west Antarctic peninsular, neighbouring waters in the Weddell Sea and around the South Orkney and South Georgia islands., says no more than 45% of that catch can be taken from any one of those zones. Countries at the meeting were seeking to renew that rule, in place since 2009.
An Australian Antarctic Division spokesperson said it had pushed for a system of marine protected areas, wide-ranging krill management rules and improved data collection and monitoring. They said the three elements were a “package deal” that should be adopted together.
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