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Pew Bertarelli: Timeline for Krill Conservation Measures Confirmed

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Friday, October 27, 2023
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HOBART, Australia, Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project today praised delegates from 26 nations and the European Union for marking progress toward harmonizing an updated krill fishery management plan with Southern Ocean protections along the Antarctic Peninsula.

Key Points: 
  • Tethering these two krill conservation efforts allows CCAMLR to fulfill its mandate to prevent irreversible impacts on the Southern Ocean ecosystem from human activities such as fishing.
  • Over the past decade, industrial krill fishing has become increasingly concentrated in areas along the Antarctic Peninsula, affecting predators that feed in those same areas.
  • Without protection for large areas of the Southern Ocean and new fisheries measures, we will all suffer the consequences."
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious projects including the need for effective marine conservation.

Antarctic Ocean Conservation Body under pressure to live up to its name

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Sunday, October 15, 2023
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The Special meeting disappointingly ended with no further progress due to a couple of countries thwarting the full consensus needed.

Key Points: 
  • The Special meeting disappointingly ended with no further progress due to a couple of countries thwarting the full consensus needed.
  • We know it can make decisions to approve fishing, and they should be able to do so on conservation.
  • It's time for CCAMLR to get the job done," said Claire Christian, Executive Director of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition.
  • The balance between conservation and fishing needs to be urgently reset," said Emily Grilly, Antarctic Conservation Manager for WWF.

Kori Krill Oil Receives Visionary Leadership Award for Eco-Friendly Sourcing

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kori Krill Oil's Antarctic krill fishery is now one of the world's most sustainably managed eco-friendly fisheries. [See full press release.]

Key Points: 
  • Emerging Enterprise News presents the Visionary Leadership Award to Kori Krill Oil in recognition of its initiative and leadership in utilizing the most eco-friendly operations to protect present and future Antarctic krill populations.
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kori Krill Oil's Antarctic krill fishery is now one of the world's most sustainably managed eco-friendly fisheries.
  • Companies harvest Antarctic krill for their oil, a potent source of bioactive DHA and EPA omega-3 phospholipids .
  • Kori Krill Oil and Aker BioMarine: An Eco-Friendly Collaboration
    Kori Krill Oil partners with Aker BioMarine , a Norwegian biotech innovator and Antarctic krill-harvesting company.

International Meeting on Antarctic Ocean Protection Ends With No Further Progress

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Friday, June 23, 2023
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SANTIAGO, Chile, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) were unable to reach consensus on the designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) at a special meeting in Santiago, Chile, called to address a six-year stalemate of forward progress. The last MPA designated by the Commission was in 2016, when members agreed to the largest protected area in the world in the Ross Sea.

Key Points: 
  • "This gives us hope, but something must change for the Commission to fulfill its responsibility of protecting the Antarctic Ocean."
  • "The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) plays the most important role in protecting the Southern Ocean.
  • "This special CCAMLR meeting was a concrete opportunity to make progress to protect ocean life in Antarctica," said Emily Grilly, Antarctic Conservation Manager for WWF.
  • CCAMLR: The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established under the Antarctic Treaty System to preserve the biodiversity of the Southern Ocean.

Chilean Bárbara Hernández Achieves Record for Longest Antarctic Swim with Urgent Call to Increase Protection of its Waters

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Monday, February 6, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday the Chilean ice-water swimmer, Bárbara Hernández, made history by being the first person to swim 2.5 kilometers in the frozen waters of Antarctica.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday the Chilean ice-water swimmer, Bárbara Hernández, made history by being the first person to swim 2.5 kilometers in the frozen waters of Antarctica.
  • Physically it has been incredibly tough, but all worth it if the message on the need for urgent action to protect these amazing waters reaches decision-makers," said Bárbara Hernández.
  • "The courage that Bárbara has shown in undertaking this swim in the name of Antarctic Ocean protection is truly inspirational.
  • That is why we have been honored as the Chilean Navy to support Bárbara with her swim and awareness-raising mission.

Pew Bertarelli: Nations Agree on Much-Needed Update to Krill Fishery Management

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Friday, November 4, 2022
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HOBART, Australia, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project was pleased today as delegates from 26 nations and the European Union agreed to renew a krill fishery management measure while developing a new one that will further spread out the catch, closely monitor impacts on predators, and incorporate a proposal for an Antarctic Peninsula marine protected area (MPA) into the fishery's management.

Key Points: 
  • The decision came at the close of the 41st annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
  • As part of the Antarctic Treaty System, CCAMLR is the governing body responsible for protecting Southern Ocean wildlife.
  • These effects are expected to increase as climate change affects the region and krill fishing expands in the Antarctic Peninsula.
  • But while the krill conservation measure is a good first step, new evidence underscores that the best precautionary approach to Southern Ocean conservation couples ecosystem-based fishery management and marine protected areas.

Urgent call for governments to adopt Antarctic wildlife protection measures

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Sunday, October 23, 2022
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The accelerating climate emergency is having significantimpacts on the region and the many species that live and breed there.

Key Points: 
  • The accelerating climate emergency is having significantimpacts on the region and the many species that live and breed there.
  • "Although small, krill play an outsize role in the functioning and health of Antarctica.
  • "Highly concentrated industrial krill fishing is having an impact in the Antarctic.
  • Emerging research is revealing that Antarctic krill play an important role in the global carbon cycle and their worth in the ecosystem is valuable not only to wildlife, but also humanity.

Pew: Efforts to Expand Southern Ocean Protections Stall at CCAMLR

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Friday, October 29, 2021
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As part of the Antarctic Treaty System, CCAMLR is the governing body responsible for protecting Southern Ocean wildlife and is composed of 25 member countries and the European Union.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the Antarctic Treaty System, CCAMLR is the governing body responsible for protecting Southern Ocean wildlife and is composed of 25 member countries and the European Union.
  • This is a temporary solution while CCAMLR continues to work on a new regulation that will protect against irreversible impacts on the ecosystem.
  • These impacts are expected to increase as climate change affects the region and krill fishing expands in the Antarctic Peninsula.
  • CCAMLR must act as steward of the Southern Oceanand fulfill its commitment to establish a circumpolar network of MPAs.