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Supertrawlers Are Taking Antar...
#Supertrawlers Are Taking #Antarctic #Krill That #Whales Depend On
https://e360.yale.edu/features/antarctica-krill-whales

In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, whales and other marine mammals rely on krill to survive. But as the market for human dietary supplements and animal feeds booms, and climate change reduces krill populations, scientists worry there may not be enough to go around.
#Supertrawlers spent 7,380 hours fishing in #UK #MarineProtectedAreas each year since #Brexit
by Alexandra Sedgwick | March 11, 2025
An investigation by #GreenpeaceUK reveals today that giant supertrawlers relentlessly continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, damaging precious #MarineHabitats and #FishPopulations, despite the UK government having had the powers to stop them since Brexit and committing to protect at least 30% of #UKWaters by 2030.
An investigation by Greenpeace UK reveals today that giant supertrawlers relentlessly continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, damaging precious marine habitats and fish populations, despite the UK government having had the powers to stop them since Brexit and committing to protect at least 30% of UK waters by 2030. Investigators found […]
All the #SuperTrawlers were operating legally despite the #UKgovernment having the power to ban them from fishing in its waters since leaving the #EU.
🔴 Most of the vessels are foreign-owned.
🔴 Most of their catch isn’t even sold in the UK.
🔴 The government promised to protect 30% of UK waters by 2030, yet #MPAs remain unprotected.
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A new #GreenpeaceUK investigation exposed a brutal reality: since #Brexit, giant #SuperTrawlers have spent 37,000 hours fishing inside the #UK ’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). That’s the equivalent of 4 years and 3 months killing every single hour a day. Destroying #habitats and wiping out #fish populations, all while the UK government does nothing to stop them.
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#SeaShepherd Global has released footage and images of large industrial #krill #supertrawlers, once again #trawling in large pods of #whales off the #Antarctic Peninsula.
100 per cent of #Australian pharmacies surveyed carried krill oil products from the Antarctic and that Biomar, a #fish feed producer in Wesley Vale, #Tasmania, used up to 1200 tons of krill meal per year. This is the equivalent of 1 billion individual krill. #fishfarming #sustainability
https://www.echo.net.au/2024/01/krill-supertrawlers-found-trawling-through-whale-pods-in-antarctic/