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Everybody wants a bit of Antarctic krill: whales, seals, penguins... and humans 🦐 Krill are heroes of the ocean ecosystem, who also sequester carbon. Now, international negotiators are on their way to Hobart, decide how the Southern Ocean and the permissions for fishing there are managed...

British Antarctic Survey 🐧
@bas.ac.uk

... this big meeting is called CCAMLR - aka. the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. BAS contributes major evidence for the UK negotiators there, and we send scientists who Antarctica's krill the best. Here's what you need to know ⬇️ www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/sma...

bas.ac.ukSmall but mighty: the Antarctic krill that feed a whole ocean  - British Antarctic SurveyKrill are critical to the Antarctic ecosystem - and international fishing agreements. British Antarctic Survey science is at the heart of the decisions that will shape their future.

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