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Aker launches "industry-defining" krill harvesting vessel
2019-01-22 05:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Aker BioMarine's krill harvesting vessel, The Antarctic Endurance, as been launched by Ernest Shackleton's grand-daughter at a ceremony in lesund this week.
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Krill boats launch peninsula penguin initiative
2018-12-04 14:23:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
A joint commitment to ensure that krill fishery operations dont have a negative impact on Antarctic Peninsula penguin colonies has been launched today.
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Hungry penguins chase Antarctic's shifting krill
2016-04-08 08:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Waddling over the rocks, legions of penguins hurl themselves into the icy waters of Antarctica, foraging to feed their young. Like seals and whales, they eat krill, an inch-long shrimp-like crustacean which forms the basis of the Southern Ocean food chain. But penguin-watchers say the krill are getting scarcer here around the western Antarctic peninsula, under threat from climate change and fishing. "Krill is the power lunch of the Antarctic. It's a keystone species for everybody," says...
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Climate change is killing the unsung heroes of the oceans: Krill
2015-10-20 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Have you thought about krill recently? No? Weird. Well then, allow me: Krill those tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that are among the most important marine wildlife are falling victim to climate change. And because of krills position on the food chain, this could be a very big problem. While you might not eat krill, that fish you had for lunch probably does, the New York Times reports: In the Southern Ocean, most marine life is a direct predator of krill or just one step removed. Diminishing...
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Warming Oceans May Threaten Krill, a Cornerstone of the Antarctic Ecosystem
2015-10-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Every day for a week, So Kawaguchi peered intently into the jars of cold water holding harvested krill eggs. None were hatching. In his laboratory in Hobart, Tasmania, on the edge of the Southern Ocean, he could see that the carbon dioxide he had pumped into the icy seawater had killed the eggs. Stories from Our Advertisers We thought the krill might be more robust, said Dr. Kawaguchi, a biologist who works for the Australian governments Antarctic Division. We were not expecting such a clear...
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