(Source: WWF-UK) 30 October 2015 WWF expressed disappointment as the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) failed to reach consensus, for the fifth time, to adopt large scale Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean today. CCAMLR also failed to agree on a forward-looking EU initiative to bring into force a 10 year moratorium on fisheries in newly exposed pristine marine areas following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves. The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest...
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