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By Joshua Goodman MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean \u2014 a vital food source for whales that also helps fight climate change \u2014 exceeded the seasonal catch limit for the first time. The unprecedented early closure of the fishery follows a report by The Associated Press last week detailing a record surge in the krill catch after a longstanding conservation framework was allowed to lapse with no plan in place to handle growing pressures in the world’s southernmost fishery. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, or CCAMLR, the international organization that manages the fishery, declined to comment but confirmed the closure earlier this month of the 2024-25 season, which should have extended… <\/p>\n

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By Joshua Goodman MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean \u2014 a vital food source for whales that also helps fight climate change \u2014 exceeded the seasonal catch limit for the first time. The unprecedented early closure of the fishery follows a report by The Associated Press last week detailing a record surge in the krill catch after a longstanding conservation framework was allowed to lapse with no plan in place to handle growing pressures in the world’s southernmost fishery. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, or CCAMLR, the international organization that manages the fishery, declined to comment but confirmed the closure earlier this month of the 2024-25 season, which should have extended... <\/p>\n

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