Help stop the foundation of the Antarctic ecosystem ending up as supplements on our shelves.
Industrial trawlers are plundering krill from the Southern Ocean while whales, penguins and seals go without. Add your voice, read the evidence, get involved.
Out of the mist emerges a fleet of industrial supertrawlers up to 150m long, ploughing through pods of whales as they feed. They are threatening one of the world’s last beloved wild places to create unnecessary health supplements, pet food and fish farm feed.
Antarctica is suffering under the pressure of climate change. Sea ice is melting at rates we’ve never seen before, penguin populations are plummeting and whale pregnancy rates are dropping.
In the summer of 2022/23, the Bob Brown Foundation travelled to Antarctica with Sea Shepherd Global to document and expose the plunder of krill in the Southern Ocean.
Considered a ‘clean’ source of omega-3s due to being caught in the pristine waters of Antarctica, these supplements have a dark origin.
They are pushing harder and faster than ever, seeking to double the annual krill catch to 1.2 million tonnes. Their extensive ‘sustainability’ manoeuvres, such as calling for supposed marine protection, are at complete odds with their growth plans and are simply a smokescreen to legitimise their destructive operations happening out of sight. True marine protection means removing harmful human activities, not increasing them.
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