Antarctica As A Global Common

Question 1

What is the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Answer 1

An organisation which is part of the Antarctic Treaty and aims to conserve Antarctic Marine species by setting catch limits which aims to keep in balance conservation to the use of resources to avoid depletion of fish stock and protecting Antarcticas sustainability.

Question 2

How is tourism sustainably managed in Antarctica? (IAATO)

Answer 2

The IAATO promotes safe and environmentally friendly tourism in Antarctica, by limited numbers taken onshore (50 per boat), conservation talks and not leaving waste behind. This means that 95% landing sites are not damaged and scientific research shows that penguins are not currently affected by tourism, so tourism is being sustainably managed at present.

Question 3

Overfishing in Antarctica

Answer 3

The Antarctic common is subject to overfishing, despite interventions from organisations such as ASOC. Particularly the southern ocean for krill’s and Antarctic rock cod. Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing continues, Antarctica is not being used sustainability by all resulting in fisheries closing down as a result, for example the marbled cod fishery.

Question 4

Marine pollution as a threat from tourist ships

Answer 4

In 2007, cruise ship MS Explorer hit an iceberg and sank off the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean, as well as Ocean pollution oil shills from the ships. Sources suggest that Antarctica is being used as a ‘playground’ for the rich.

Question 5

Overfishing of krill

Answer 5

-Fishing for krill began in the 1970s and is used for animal and aquaculture feed, bait and nutritional supplements for humans.
-Krill catch peaked at more than 500,000 tonnes in 1981/2
-After the Soviet fleet stopped operating in the early 1990s, the krill catch stopped dramatically
-The current krill catch is slightly more than 100,000 tonnes a year.