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This small shrimp-like organism may weigh little more than a large paper clip, but its crucial role in the icy Antarctic ecosystem is indisputable.

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  • Join the Penguin Mosaic Project!
    Show that you care about Antarctic krill and the penguins, whales, seals, and fish that depend on it by adding your picture to an inter- national photo mosaic of a penguin. This mosaic will be delivered to delegates at the meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Tasmania next month.
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    Everyone from famous scientists in the field to children across the world support the need for greater protections for penguins. Watch the video:

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Our Last Great Wilderness Is In Danger

Antarctica is the last great wilderness and home to exceptional concentrations of wildlife, including penguins, whales, seals and albatrosses. Though small in stature, krill's role in the region's ecosystem is enormous. "Krill are the glue that binds the Antarctic food web," serving as the principal food source for predator species that live there. Increasing interest in krill as fish food for industrially farmed fish, and for its high-value oils used in nutritional supplements, is triggering an expansion of the fishery that could outpace efforts to protect predators that depend on krill.

In addition, krill populations are very vulnerable to climate change, which risks profound impacts for Antarctica. With an agreed statement of principles and core goals to guide its work, the Antarctic Krill Conservation Project has enumerated core elements of an ecosystem-based management package [PDF] that are needed for the Antarctic krill fishery. Looking to the future, without these and other reforms, we risk irreversible harm to this unique and wonderful wilderness.

Antarctic Krill Conservation Project

This network of international organizations is dedicated to the protection of Antarctic krill to help conserve the region's marine ecosystem and living resources. It is a cooperative effort worldwide, working with CCAMLR nations, scientists and other key stakeholders. Please join us as we seek to protect this small, but vital species.

Icescape photo courtesy U.S. Antarctic Program

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Krill harvest ’danger’ in Antarctica
Publicservice.co.uk
July 12, 2010

Krill Harvest Certification Upsets Conservationists
New York Times
June 22, 2010

Hot Times in Antarctica
TIME.com Ecocentric Blog
June 17, 2010

Fishy branding - the ecosystem behind the label
Isle of Arran Coast
May 28, 2010

Penguins in Antarctica to be replaced by jellyfish due to global warming
The Telegraph
February 19, 2010

Frontier scientists track whales in the ice
The Age (Australia)
January 4, 2010

Fading sea ice bares a scary future
Cape Cod Times
December 29, 2009

'Climategate' claims ignore science, facts
Inforum
December 29, 2009

Audio Slideshow: The Last Penguin
New Yorker
December 21, 2009

One good treaty deserves another
Fresno Bee
December 7, 2009

China eyes Antarctic as fishing frontier
Shanghai Daily
December 7, 2009

Antarctic melt to feed global sea rise
AFP
December 1, 2009

W. Antarctic melt to have big impact on rising sea
Reuters
December 1, 2009

Specialists call to strengthen regulation of Antarctic krill [in Spanish]
PESCA al dia
November 2, 2009

Urgent conservation needed for Antarctic marine ecosystem [in Korean]
KyungHyang Newspaper
November 2, 2009

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