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
A humpback whale surfaces near two trawlers. All are pursuing Antarctic krill. Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd Global, CC BY-NDThe 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...