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Antarctica’s Krill Fishery Hits Its Catch Limit Early for the Second Year Running

Supertrawlers targeting krill, a small crustacean that serves as a primary food source for whales, penguins and seals in Antarctica, have reached this year's catch limit of 620,000 tonnes for the second consecutive year, triggering another automatic fishery closure and raising concerns about overfishing in one of the world's most remote and sensitive marine ecosystems.

Antarctica’s Krill Fishery Hits Its Catch Limit Early for the Second Year Runninghttps://seashepherd.org/2026/08/25/krill-catch-limit-reached-early/Open linkView original on lemmy.hogru.ch
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