Ocean defenders collide with industrial krill trawler in Antarctica An ocean conservation ship operated by anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson collided Tuesday with a commercial krill trawler off Antarctica in what the fishing vessel’s owner described as a “deliberate attack,” but activists called “a David-and-Goliath battle against an industrial giant.” The Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) said on Facebook that, as part of its Operation Krill Wars campaign, the Bandero is currently targeting “two of the largest Norwegian trawlers operating in Antarctic waters, the Antarctic Endurance and the Antarctic Sea,”—both of which are owned by Aker QRILL Company of Lysaker, Norway. “Earlier today, both trawlers released lines into the water to move the Bandero, a dangerous maneuver that could have disabled our ship,” the foundation alleged. “In response, the Bandero delivered a gentle but deliberate nudge to the stern of the Antarctic Sea, accompanied by a message: Stop despoiling the ecological integrity of the Southern Ocean.” Aker QRILL is owned by New York City-based American Industrial Partners and Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke, and calls itself “the world’s leading krill company.” Company CEO Webjørn Barstad responded to the incident by claiming in an interview with Reuters that “our crew were put at risk in some of the most remote waters...

Ocean defenders collide with industrial krill trawler in Antarctica
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Activist ship deliberately collides with trawler as 'krill wars' escalate An environmental activist group’s ship has deliberately collided with a large fishing trawler in Antarctic waters. The activists say it was a "gentle nudge" but the trawler's owner says a line has bee...

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Antarctic krill 'supertrawlers' disrupted by Paul Watson The Captain Paul Watson Foundation has directly intervened against Aker BioMarine’s krill supertrawlers in Antarctica. Bob The Brown Foundation said in a statement it supports the ‘courageous crew of ...

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'David-and-Goliath': Ocean Defenders Collide With Industrial Krill Trawler in Antarctica An ocean conservation ship operated by anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson collided Tuesday with a commercial krill trawler off Antarctica in what the fishing vessel's owner described as a "deliberate attack," but activists called "a David-and-Goliath battle against an industrial giant." The Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) said on Facebook that, as part of its Operation Krill Wars campaign, the Bandero is currently targeting "two of the largest Norwegian trawlers operating in Antarctic waters, the Antarctic Endurance and the Antarctic Sea,"—both of which are owned by Aker QRILL Company of Lysaker, Norway. "Earlier today, both trawlers released lines into the water to move the Bandero, a dangerous maneuver that could have disabled our ship," the foundation alleged. "In response, the Bandero delivered a gentle but deliberate nudge to the stern of the Antarctic Sea, accompanied by a message: Stop despoiling the ecological integrity of the Southern Ocean." Aker QRILL is owned by New York City-based American Industrial Partners and Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke, and calls itself "the world's leading krill company." Company CEO Webjørn Barstad responded to the incident by claiming in an interview with Reuters that "our crew were put at risk in some of the most remote waters...

'David-and-Goliath': Ocean Defenders Collide With Industrial Krill Trawler in Antarctica
->Common Dreams | More on "Antarctic krill fishing conservation clash" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean #Krill

BREAKING NEWS : The Captain Paul Watson Foundation Disrupts Aker Krill Trawling Antarctica — 31 March 2026 — The Captain Paul Watson Foundation crew, led by campaign leader Lamya Essemlali aboard the vessel Bandero, carried out a direct intervention targeting an industrial krill ...

Lamya Essemlali, speaking on behalf of the campaign, emphasized the urgency of the mission:
“Fishing for krill is an ecological time bomb. Nothing can justify targeting a keystone species on which the entire Antarctic ecosystem depends.”

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Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

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Industrial krill trawlers grind up krill to for use in dietary and pet supplements, removing the nutrients from the delicate Antarctic ecosystem. Photograph: Tenedos/Getty Images/iStockphoto

[6/6] Face au blocage politique de la CCAMLR en 2024 et 2025, les chercheurs proposent des zones tampons de 30 km autour des zones d’alimentation. Cette solution spatiale viserait à limiter les conflits d’usage dans un espace marin stratégique et fragile. #geography #krill #Antarctica

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

[1/6] Karen McVeigh décrit un retour spectaculaire des baleines en #Antarctique, mais fragilisé par la pêche industrielle de #krill. Des chercheurs comme Matt Savoca (Stanford) montrent comment cet espace polaire devient un lieu de concurrence entre activités humaines et écosystèmes. #geography

Watson explains that industrial factory trawlers are currently stripping the Southern Ocean of #krill (the foundational food source for #whales, #penguins, and the #phytoplankton responsible for most of the planet’s oxygen) to produce fish meal and supplements.

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

'Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing'
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Antarctic whales' remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing

Antarctic whales' remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing
->The Guardian | More on "Antarctic whale krill fishing recovery" at BigEarthData.ai | #Wildlife #Whale #Ocean #Krill #Antarctic

I never knew there were so many krill, and they're not as tiny as I thought! Surprisingly pretty, but those bug legs are a no-go for me... #FunFacts #AnimalFunFacts #AnimalFacts #thisandthatanimalsgonewild #trending #krill #ocean #Oceananimals #Sealife

🦐 La guerre du #krill en Antarctique

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[8/8] L’Antarctique apparaît ainsi comme un espace stratégique où se croisent enjeux économiques, scientifiques et environnementaux. La gestion du krill révèle les limites de la gouvernance mondiale face à un risque écologique potentiellement irréversible. #geography #krill #overfishing #Antarctic

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch

[1/8] REPORTAGE - Gordon Peake embarque avec #SeaShepherd en Antarctique pour observer la pêche industrielle au krill. L’enquête montre comment cette ressource clé, au cœur des écosystèmes polaires, est devenue un enjeu économique et écologique mondial.
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‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers — Guardian US The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch

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'It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop': at sea with the Antarctic's krill supertrawlers It is bitterly cold on the deck of the Allankay and the bosun, Luca Massari, is checking that none of us are wearing contact lenses before we descend into Antarctic waters. There is a risk, he warns, that lenses will freeze solid over the eyes. Massari himself is prepared for his surroundings. He is wearing thick goggles that make him look like an Olympic ski jumper. Massari is a burly, heavily tattooed veteran of the environmental organisation Sea Shepherd, which campaigns against exploitating the oceans. His deck team are preparing to launch the ship’s small boat, which Massari will helm. Eight of us are bundled in bright red dry suits, helmets and lifejackets; the average time to survive hypothermia in this wind-whipped water is just five minutes. I am in the waters off Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands, a glaciated 25-mile finger of jagged mountain slopes a day’s sail from the Antarctic peninsula. It is as isolated as a place can be. Yet Sea Shepherd contends that it is the site of one of the most inaccessible and environmentally ruinous industrial workplaces on Earth. Sea Shepherd is referring to fishing for krill – the small, shrimp-like marine crustaceans...

'It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop': at sea with the Antarctic's krill supertrawlers
->The Guardian | More on "Antarctic krill supertrawler fishing investigation" at BigEarthData.ai | #Antarctic #Fish #Ocean #Krill

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch

The guardian reports on the #krill #fishing industry in the antarctic, riding along with an environmental group as they shadow giant factory trawlers

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Holland & Barrett is first UK retailer to withdraw from krill market - Oceanographic Whole foods and wellbeing retailer, Holland & Barrett is the UK's first to withdraw from the krill market following talks with Sea Shepherd

Great news - The whole foods retailer @Holland&Barrett will become the UK’s 1st to fully withdraw from the #krill market by April, a decision welcomed by conservationists as a critical step toward protecting the #Antarctic’s fragile ecosystems.
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Grow #purslane and you will never need #krill. So much #Omega3 you feel brand new.

dm, Europe's Largest Drugstore Retailer, Drops All Krill Products In a statement to Sea Shepherd, dm confirmed that it has stopped using krill oil in all its private-label products and will discontinue sourcing all krill-based products across its entire range, in alignment with its sustainability commitments. As one of Europe’s largest drugstore chains, dm operates more than 4,000 retail stores across the continent, making it the largest drugstore retailer to date to drop the sale of krill products. The Sea Shepherd vessel Allankay is currently in Antarctica, facilitating the work of an independent team of scientists, studying the impact of the krill fishery on whale populations. Media captured by Sea Shepherd has sent shockwaves through the health and wellness sector, and dm is the latest drugstore that has acted on this evidence and withdrawn from the krill market. The decision follows constructive dialogue with Sea Shepherd and heightened scrutiny of the Antarctic krill fishery brought about by four consecutive Sea Shepherd expeditions to the Southern Ocean. During these campaigns, Sea Shepherd routinely documented industrial supertrawlers operating among foraging whale pods inside a proposed marine protected area. Photographic evidence gathered at sea was submitted to dm-drogeri markt, alongside concerns about weakening regulations governing the rapidly expanding krill fishery. Krill are...

dm, Europe's Largest Drugstore Retailer, Drops All Krill Products
->Sea Shepherd Global | More on "dm drops krill products sustainability" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean #Krill

Transcriptomic and In Silico Analysis of #Microplastic–Protein Interactions in the Tropical #Krill Euphausia distinguenda

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