During the 2022-2023 Antarctic summer, at least 195 ships anchored in Antarctic waters, likely underestimating the true number, said the study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science.

For the fifth year in a row, a council of nations involved in Antarctic fishing operations have failed to agree on new conservation measures which experts had hoped would protect the Southern Ocean ...

Conservation experts who attended the summit said there was limited time for negotiations, and that discussions focused more on fishing renewal authorisations rather than the marine protected areas ...