The Ross Sea, Antarctica: The Last Ocean
A living laboratory, providing
our last chance to understand how a healthy marine ecosystem
functions; deemed by a recent study as the least affected
stretch of open ocean on Earth and home to 38% and 26%
of the world's Adelie and emperor penguins.
The natural balance of the Ross Sea is now under threat,
as an international fishing fleet targets Antarctic toothfish,
sold as "Chilean seabass" to upscale restaurants
around the world. The body governing biotic resource extraction
in the Southern Ocean has promised to designate a network
of marine protected areas by 2012, and Last Ocean, founded
by US and NZ collaborators, has committed itself to raising
awareness of why the Ross Sea should be included. Time
is of the essence, and we need your help.
Please participate
and learn more at www.lastocean.co.nz.
Film by John B. Weller - Pew Fellow and The Last Ocean
Donations go directly to The Last Ocean Charitable Trust to raise enough public and political pressure to support protection of the entire Ross Sea, with all commercial fishing phased out. We need your help to make this a reality.
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Adélie Penguins
at a breeding colony on Ross Island, Antarctica,
looking out at the Ross Sea. Photo by Viola Toniolo