Fight to preserve last pristine ecosystem stalls

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2926, 2013, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • Environmental groups were left stunned and disappointed this week after their proposal to protect the last sea on Earth with a near-pristine ecosystem fell at the final hurdle. The Ross Sea, south-west of New Zealand, is the southernmost body of water in the world, gouging a chunk out of Antarctica. This week, 24 governments and the European Union attended a meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Bremerhaven, Germany, to decide whether to turn the sea into a marine protected area. This would have banned fishing in the spawning areas of some species and put limits on the amount of fish caught elsewhere.