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The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) wound up in Hobart on Thursday last week without declaring a system of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Antarctic. But this shouldn’t be seen...

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions: Science, Politics and Law," to be held March 25-26, 2017, at Wuhan University. Here's the call: Conservation of Marine Living Resources...

Pity the NZ Navy. For years, they’ve found themselves underfunded, undermanned, and under-resourced. Their latest seagoing acquisition was a converted roll-on-roll-off ferry whose seaworthiness makes Kiwirail’s Aratere look like a pinnacle of safe transport...

By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy Foreign Staff (TNS) BEIJING — Scientists studying the Antarctic’s marine life received some unexpected news this month: China plans to vastly increase fishing for Antarctic krill — small crustaceans that are a critical...

On the eve of a summit in Chile to discuss the protection of marine life in Antarctic waters, much still needs to be done to guard against overfishing, climate change and other threats. Adjunct Professor, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC at University...