From sealing to the MPA-A history of exploitation, conservation and management of marine living resources at the South Sandwich Islands

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Belchier, Mark, Collins, Martin A., Gregory, Susan, Hollyman, Philip R., Söffker, Marta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; South Sandwich Islands; Antarc*; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/84482/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/84482/1/1_s2.0_S0967064522000418_main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105056

The exploitation of marine resources of the South Sandwich Islands (SSI) began with the hunting of fur seals for their pelts in the early decades of the 19th Century. Pelagic whaling in the region started a century later with catches recorded until the mid-1970s. Blue and fin whales dominated the ca...