Comments on: Book review – The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World

By: Book review – Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:06:31 +0000

[…] Another important concept to understand is how the sea is divvied up. Every coastal country has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that extends for two hundred miles seawards where they have exclusive jurisdiction. Everything outside of that (64% of ocean surface, 95% of ocean volume) is the high seas. A global commons* that, on paper, should be a jointly owned resource set aside for public use. In reality, it is a lawless wild west where some of the most depraved excesses of human cruelty play out. Yet, where overfishing is concerned, it need not be so. Ecosystem-based management, which considers whole ecosystems with all their interdependencies, is all the rage nowadays. We already have an example of this strategy working on the high seas: the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which was initially negotiated to protect Antarctic krill. […]

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By: Book review – The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet | The Inquisitive Biologist

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:32:29 +0000

[…] started focusing on krill – the very same Norwegian company and boats that made an appearance in The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World also get a mention […]

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By: Book review – Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:06:21 +0000

[…] McCann pays as much attention to the natural world in this environmental history. Though not intended as a primer on the biology of marine mammals and seabirds, the pages of Wild Sea are nevertheless littered with details on the lives of whales, seals, penguins, albatrosses, petrels, and fulmars. She has left out some delightfully risqué details on penguins, but I cover these in my review of A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins. I was very pleased, however, to see her go into the microscopic creatures underlying all this biological richness, such as the diatoms (single-celled algae) and zooplankton, notably the large Antarctic krill (see my review of The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World). […]

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By: Book review – Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:19:50 +0000

[…] McCann pays as much attention to the natural world in this environmental history. Though not intended as a primer on the biology of marine mammals and seabirds, the pages of Wild Sea are nevertheless littered with details on the lives of whales, seals, penguins, albatrosses, petrels, and fulmars. She has left out some delightfully risqué details on penguins, but I will be covering these in an upcoming review of A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins. I was very pleased, however, to see her go into the microscopic creatures underlying all this biological richness, such as the diatoms (single-celled algae) and zooplankton, notably the large Antarctic krill (see my review of The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World). […]

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By: Book review – The Deep: The Hidden Wonders of Our Oceans and How We Can Protect Them | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:21:52 +0000

[…] Daniel Pauly’s Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries, and The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World, and references therein). But Rogers is equally at ease explaining the details behind ocean […]

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By: Book review – The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:17:09 +0000

[…] started focusing on krill – the very same Norwegian company and boats that made an appearence in The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World also get a mention […]

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