“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 ...

British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

This is largely driven by health supplements, pet food and for feeding farm raised fish. "It's pretty hard to believe that krill which is the foundation of the Antarctic ecosystem would end up ...