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Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Research scientist, Stanford University
Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food sourceA humpback whale surfaces near two trawlers. All are pursuing Antarctic krill. Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd Global, CC BY-ND

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed...

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