Krill harvesting threatens whale recovery 🐋

Soaring human demand for #krill in the #SouthernOcean poses a challenge to the recovery of #whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. #Stanford researchers identify the growing food conflict and offer solutions.

Overlap between industrial krill fishing and foraging whales, such as the humpback whale pictured here, may threaten #BaleenWhale recovery around #Antarctica.

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