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Antarctic fisheries: factor climate change into their management

Environmental pressures and overfishing might soon push some species to the brink, warn Cassandra Brooks and colleagues.
  1. Cassandra M. Brooks

    1. Cassandra M. Brooks is an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado Boulder.

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  2. David G. Ainley

    1. David G. Ainley is a senior ecologist at H. T. Harvey & Associates, Los Gatos, California.

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  3. Peter A. Abrams

    1. Peter A. Abrams is professor emeritus at the Department of Ecology and Evolution Biology, University of Toronto, Canada.

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  4. Paul K. Dayton

    1. Paul K. Dayton is professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California.

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  5. Robert J. Hofman

    1. Robert J. Hofman is a researcher emeritus at the United States Marine Mammal Commission, Bethesda, Maryland.

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  6. Jennifer Jacquet

    1. Jennifer Jacquet is an assistant professor of environmental studies at New York University.

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  7. Donald B. Siniff

    1. Donald B. Siniff is professor emeritus of the College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul.

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Antartica is a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science”, according to the Antarctic Treaty System. This complex set of agreements collectively takes a firm stance on conservation, exemplified by the Convention on the Conservation of Marine Living Resources. Adopted in 1980, this convention was negotiated rapidly in response to expanding trawling of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Krill are at the base of the region’s marine food web, so there were worries that a dearth of the small crustaceans would threaten the whole ecosystem, especially whales.

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Nature 558, 177-180 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05372-x

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