Managing Antarctic krill fisheries: identifying candidate marine areas for protection
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £99,937
WHERE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Summary
Use existing Antarctic krill-dependent penguin colony data and collated penguin tracking data to identify foraging locations to define candidate protection zones especially for krill fishing areas in the Scotia Sea.
Biodiversity monitoring efforts aimed at identifying the migration patterns of Endangered sea turtles highlight the urgent need for global conservation.
