Sweeping new protections for Antarctica’s Ross Sea will come into effect on Friday 1 December. After five years of debate, the marine protected area […]
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Ross Sea gets protected area – In the News
At its annual meeting in Hobart last week, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) unanimously […]
Continue readingAntarctic marine protection bids fail – Expert reaction
Two proposals to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Antarctic waters have failed to be adopted by the Commission for […]
Continue readingAntarctic marine reserve bid fails – expert responds
Efforts to reach an international agreement establishing a Marine Protected Area in Antarctica’s Ross Sea have failed for the third […]
Continue readingNo Marine Protected Areas for Ross Sea – experts respond
The Antarctic Ross Sea will remain open to fishing in all areas following the failure of an international meeting to […]
Continue readingAntarctic Alliance group seeks marine reserves
An alliance of major conservation and environmental groups is calling for the establishment of a series of marine reserves around […]
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Fishing mishaps reignite calls for Ross Sea protection
The Green party has called for the Ross Sea in Antarctica to become a marine protected area, in the wake […]
Continue reading‘Last Ocean’ concerns canvassed at conservation think tank
Some of the 250 international scientists gathered in Auckland for a world conference on conservation biology, have just spent three […]
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Antarctic fishing slips under the radar – Editorial
An editorial in this week’s Waikato Times highlights the issue of commercial fisheries in the Antarctic. The topic was also […]
Continue readingRoss Sea: Should NZ seek protection for the last ocean?
South African ecologist Professor Steven L Chown wants to see New Zealand seek special marine protection status for the whole […]
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