Sea Shepherd

Let's stop krill's intensive fishing

As documented by Sea Shepherd, the assigned fishing quotas of krill are too high, so even by obeying the law, food is being taken away from whale and penguin calves, leading to starvation. I mentioned companies Salugea, Naturvis, NBF Lane, Weightworld, which sell krill-based supplements.

Salugea and Naturvis_store responded us, informing that they are environmentally sustainable as the krill they use is harvested in FAO zone 48, using the Eco-Harvesting™ method, a technology patented by Aker BioMarine, in compliance with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification standards. I thank both companies for their response, but the posts were made to inform them that the allowed fishing in Antarctica is inherently unsustainable because the quantity of krill legally caught and meeting the mentioned standards is too high, depriving the species' calves inhabiting that ecosystem of food. Aker Biomarine is a Norwegian company, and Norway is allowed over 60% of the fishing quotas in Antarctica, an area that should instead be elevated to a Marine Protected Area (MPA). The credibility of MSC certification has definitively declined after the airing of the documentary SeaSpiracy (Netflix) and the article published in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/26/blue-ticked-off-the-controversy-over-the-msc-fish-ecolabel. We don't need to feed on krill. These companies already produce excellent plant-based and mineral supplements.