Clif Curtis, director of the Antarctic Krill Conservation Project, said he hopes the 24 CCAMLR member countries will approve reforms to protect krill, the tiny shrimp-like crustaceans critical in the Southern Ocean food web.
Penguins, whales and seals compete with fishing vessels for krill, Curtis said, adding CCALMR needs to discuss possible regulations on new technology that allows vessels to essentially vacuum krill out of the ocean for use in salmon aquaculture.
“Governments need to walk the talk,” Curtis said Thursday.
About a half-dozen countries, including the United States, Norway, Austria and Chile, have expressed an interest in krill reform, he said, while Japan, Ukraine and South Korea might potentially block any new regulatory measures.
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