Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations
ABSTRACT This paper (1) reviews the history of sealing and whaling in the Southern Ocean to illustrate how market demands combined with no or ineffective regulation of catches led to the overexploitation and near extinction of southern fur seals, southern elephant seals and all but one of the Southe...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247416000644 2024-09-09T19:08:05+00:00 Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations Hofman, Robert J. 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247416000644 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247416000644 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Polar Record volume 53, issue 1, page 88-99 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2016 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247416000644 2024-08-28T04:03:13Z ABSTRACT This paper (1) reviews the history of sealing and whaling in the Southern Ocean to illustrate how market demands combined with no or ineffective regulation of catches led to the overexploitation and near extinction of southern fur seals, southern elephant seals and all but one of the Southern Ocean populations of large whales; (2) indicates how the overexploitation and depletion of krill-eating whales led to the Krill Surplus Hypothesis, and the development of the Antarctic krill fishery and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR); (3) points out how misinterpretation of the reference to ‘rational use’ in CCAMLR Article II(2), combined with consensus decision-making and the potential growth of markets for Antarctic krill, could lead to ineffective regulation of the krill fishery and adverse effects on the krill resource, on recovery of depleted populations of krill-dependent whales, and on other ecologically related species and populations; and (4) identifies reasonable actions that could be taken cooperatively by the International Whaling Commission and the CCAMLR Commission to minimise the risk that the krill fishery will prevent or impede recovery of depleted populations of krill-dependent whales. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Elephant Seals Polar Record Southern Elephant Seals Southern Fur Seals Southern Ocean Cambridge University Press Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Polar Record 53 1 88 99 |
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ABSTRACT This paper (1) reviews the history of sealing and whaling in the Southern Ocean to illustrate how market demands combined with no or ineffective regulation of catches led to the overexploitation and near extinction of southern fur seals, southern elephant seals and all but one of the Southern Ocean populations of large whales; (2) indicates how the overexploitation and depletion of krill-eating whales led to the Krill Surplus Hypothesis, and the development of the Antarctic krill fishery and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR); (3) points out how misinterpretation of the reference to ‘rational use’ in CCAMLR Article II(2), combined with consensus decision-making and the potential growth of markets for Antarctic krill, could lead to ineffective regulation of the krill fishery and adverse effects on the krill resource, on recovery of depleted populations of krill-dependent whales, and on other ecologically related species and populations; and (4) identifies reasonable actions that could be taken cooperatively by the International Whaling Commission and the CCAMLR Commission to minimise the risk that the krill fishery will prevent or impede recovery of depleted populations of krill-dependent whales. |
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Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations |
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Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations |
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Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations |
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Sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the Southern Ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations |
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sealing, whaling and krill fishing in the southern ocean: past and possible future effects on catch regulations |
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