Antarctic species threatened by willful misinterpretation of legal treaty

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/ssoe-ast102115.php

Public Release: 21-Oct-2015
Antarctic species threatened by willful misinterpretation of legal treaty
Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Countries are loosely interpreting the legal meaning of "rational use" of natural resources to escalate fishing efforts in Antarctic waters and hinder efforts to establish marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, scientists and legal scholars say.

The findings, published online in the journal Marine Policy, come as 24 countries plus the European Union convene in Hobart, Australia, this week for the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to set fisheries management rules in the Southern Ocean.

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