A pragmatic utopia: should the Ross Sea be designated a Marine Protected Area?

• Main Authors: Beer, Kate, Brears, Robert, Briars, Lacey, Roldan, Gabriela
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14316

The Ross Sea is a prominent embayment in the Antarctic continent, of around 650,000km2 – an area equal to two percent of the Southern Ocean. Approximately two-thirds of this area is covered by the Ross Ice Shelf. The region is widely recognised as being the last ecosystem on Earth that is little aff...