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Krill may be little, ranging from one to 14 centimeters in length, but their role in balancing the ocean's ecosystem is larger than life. Without them, many fish, seabirds and whales that depend on these small shrimp-like crustaceans for their survival become susceptible to starvation.
>> Take action! Tell the government to protect krill
When the water is cold and conditions are right, krill swarm off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington by the tens of thousands of tons, leading to an important "buffet" of sorts for many fish, birds and marine mammals.
Last year, thanks in part to WaveMakers like you, the Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously recommended a ban on all krill fishing in U.S. Pacific waters. Unfortunately this landmark decision was only a recommendation, not actual legal protection. The Council's recommendation was sent to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which will decide next month whether or not to make it law and protect krill in all U.S. Pacific waters.
The last two years have provided a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of the depletion of krill. For reasons still not well understood, cold upwelling currents failed to materialize off the Pacific Coast. Without these currents bringing nutrient rich waters to the surface, microscopic plants known as phytoplankton did not bloom and consequently there were no life-sustaining swarms of krill, resulting in the death of thousands of seabirds on California, Oregon, and Washington shores.
Despite California, Oregon, and Washington prohibiting krill fishing, no such limitation exists in the federal waters of the Pacific, which extend from three miles out to 200. Join us today in protecting the heart of the Pacific food web, and countless birds, fish and marine mammals, by telling NMFS to ban all krill fishing in U.S. Pacific waters.
For the oceans,
Jim Ayers
Vice President, Pacific
Oceana
Krill may be little, ranging from one to 14 centimeters in length, but their role in balancing the ocean's ecosystem is larger than life. Without them, many fish, seabirds and whales that depend on these small shrimp-like crustaceans for their survival become susceptible to starvation.
>> Take action! Tell the government to protect krill
When the water is cold and conditions are right, krill swarm off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington by the tens of thousands of tons, leading to an important "buffet" of sorts for many fish, birds and marine mammals.
Last year, thanks in part to WaveMakers like you, the Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously recommended a ban on all krill fishing in U.S. Pacific waters. Unfortunately this landmark decision was only a recommendation, not actual legal protection. The Council's recommendation was sent to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which will decide next month whether or not to make it law and protect krill in all U.S. Pacific waters.
The last two years have provided a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of the depletion of krill. For reasons still not well understood, cold upwelling currents failed to materialize off the Pacific Coast. Without these currents bringing nutrient rich waters to the surface, microscopic plants known as phytoplankton did not bloom and consequently there were no life-sustaining swarms of krill, resulting in the death of thousands of seabirds on California, Oregon, and Washington shores.
Despite California, Oregon, and Washington prohibiting krill fishing, no such limitation exists in the federal waters of the Pacific, which extend from three miles out to 200. Join us today in protecting the heart of the Pacific food web, and countless birds, fish and marine mammals, by telling NMFS to ban all krill fishing in U.S. Pacific waters.
For the oceans,
Jim Ayers
Vice President, Pacific
Oceana
