Four-panel comic. A trawler hauls krill (Area 48 hit 620,000 tons again); two researchers argue trigger vs concentrated catch; a map marks Bransfield and Gerlache; a CCAMLR table splits industry and conservation. — Limits without maps don’t. · Original comic, Animals and Nature. News: The Conversation / Kim S. Bernard.

Animals and Nature

Antarctic krill season hits the trigger again in August

The Area 48 krill fishery shut after hitting the 620,000-tonne trigger for a second straight year, months before the usual November close. Spatial caps expired in 2024. Catch piled into Bransfield and Gerlache; industry says the close proves the system works. CCAMLR (26 countries + EU) meets in October.

Source: The Conversation