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Posted on 07/29/2025 6:50:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MIAMI (AP) — Trawling near Antarctica for krill — a crustacean central to the diet of whales and a critical buffer to global warming — has surged to a record and is fast approaching a never before reached seasonal catch limit that would trigger the unprecedented early closure of the remote fishery, The Associated Press has learned.
The fishing boom follows the failure last year of the U.S., Russia, China and two dozen other governments to approve a new management plan that would have mandated spreading out the area in which krill can be caught and creating a California-sized reserve along the environmentally sensitive Antarctic Peninsula.
In the first seven months of the 2024-25 season, krill fishing in Antarctica reached 518,568 tons, about 84% of the 620,000-ton limit that, once reached, will force the fishery to automatically close. In one hot spot, the catch through June 30 was nearly 60% higher than all of last year’s haul, according to a report from the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, or CCAMLR, the international organization that manages the world’s southernmost fishery.
The report, which has not been publicly released and CCAMLR said contains confidential data, was shared with The AP by someone concerned about overfishing in Antarctica on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
“The vast majority of the krill take is from an increasingly smaller area,” said Capt. Peter Hammarstedt, campaign director for conservation group Sea Shepherd Global, which this year made its third voyage to Antarctica to document the fishery. “It’s the equivalent of a hunter saying that they’re only killing 1% of the U.S.’ deer population but leaving out that all of the deer were shot in Rhode Island.”
Threat from climate change, advances in fishing
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I love me some krill boudin. Extra spicy.
To paraphrase BB King (in his plaintive style), “The krill is gone...”
LOL, you’re krillin’ me.
Agitation and Propaganda:
“critical buffer to global warming”
The witch-doctors at AP are at it again.....
killing 1% of the U.S.’ deer population but leaving out that all of the deer were shot in Rhode Island.”Are the deer not allowed back into Rhode Island?
Not really. Currents aren't going to carry deer from the rest of the U.S. into Rhode Island and even out the population density in the off season.
Sorry; That joke was a net loss.
This is totally bogus.
From ChatGPT
A single Antarctic blue whale — the largest animal on Earth — can consume up to 16 metric tons of krill per day during peak feeding season. That’s roughly the weight of two school buses!
I won’t quit my day job then.
You will not like it.
Sink every Chinese fishing boat that is found outside of Chinese territorial waters.
The Chinese are doing to the rest of the ocean's creatures what the Russians did to whales.
It needs to be stopped.
” a critical buffer to global warming “
Obligatory reference to global warming hysterics from the AP style book. Might White of them.....
Record krill harvesting shows global warming catastrophe, experts say.
Low krill harvest shows global warming catastrophe, experts say.
Anything that comes from the Sea Shepherd group is hysterics. They had a show on the Animal Planet called “Whales Wars” that was pure farce.
Anything that comes from the Sea Shepherd group is hysterics. They had a show on the Animal Planet called “Whales Wars” that was pure farce.
Anything that comes from the Sea Shepherd group is hysterics. They had a show on the Animal Planet called “Whales Wars” that was pure farce.
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