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Massive Marine Park Declared in Antarctic Ocean

posted by martyb on Monday October 31 2016, @10:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-Disney-owned-the-marine-park,-they-would-have-called-it-Frozen dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The world's biggest marine park is to be be created in the Antarctic Ocean, covering a massive 1.55 million square kilometers, after a "momentous" agreement was finally reached by 24 countries and the EU.

The deal, sealed on Friday in Hobart, Australia, after years of negotiations and with Russia dropping its long-help opposition, will see a massive US and New Zealand-backed marine protected area established in the Ross Sea.

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources said the Ross Sea marine park would be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years.

The marine park will cover an area roughly the size of Britain, Germany and France combined - of which 1.12 million square kilometres will be a no-fishing zone.

The sanctuary will cover more than 12 percent of the Southern Ocean, which is home to more than 10,000 species including most of the world's penguins, whales, seabirds, colossal squid and Antarctic tooth fish.

Don't kill the krill.

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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday October 31 2016, @07:23PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday October 31 2016, @07:23PM (#421004) Journal

    IMHO, at the current rate of progress, by the year 2100, more than 75% of the world will have achieved developed world status. That includes significant parts of Africa (probably even most of Africa!).

    Dude, who do you buy weed from? I need some of that.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday October 31 2016, @07:29PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 31 2016, @07:29PM (#421012) Journal

    Dude, who do you buy weed from? I need some of that.

    There some reason you think I could be wrong? My view is that China will achieved developed world status before 2050 and India probably by 2060. That plus the current developed world is already half of the world's population. The world is improving at a massive rate.