“It offers a profoundly adverse, but highly plausible, endgame for Antarctic krill that has serious implications for both the Southern Ocean food web and sustainable management of fisheries ...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... with their impact on whales. Krill fishing is an example of “fishing down the food web”, says Dr Stephen Comerford, marine ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica ... sole food supply. Whales feed for roughly 100 days out of each year; depending on the species, an adult whale may consume 1 to 6 tons of krill in ...

Antarctic krill are one of the most abundant animals on earth and are a major food source for many predators, including fish, penguins, seals and baleen whales. Antarctic krill also send carbon to ...

Krill live in all the ... are to stop fishing in vast areas of the Antarctic Peninsula. Krill are important because they are at the base of the food chain: whales, penguins, seals and squid ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny crustaceans that make up the base of the ...

All but two Adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in their east Antarctic ... area to exploratory krill fisheries, which would compete with the Adelie penguins for food as they recover ...

“Krill is the base of the food chain in Antarctica and fishing for krill must be handled sustainably if the entire ecosystem is to thrive,” said Bloom, adding that in the absence of further action by ...