Resumen de Fight to preserve last pristine ecosystem stalls
Environmental groups were left stunned and disappointed this week after their proposal to protect the last sea on Earth with a near-pristine ecosystem fell at the final hurdle. The Ross Sea, south-west of New Zealand, is the southernmost body of water in the world, gouging a chunk out of Antarctica. This week, 24 governments and the European Union attended a meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Bremerhaven, Germany, to decide whether to turn the sea into a marine protected area. This would have banned fishing in the spawning areas of some species and put limits on the amount of fish caught elsewhere.
