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Plans for giant Antarctic marine reserve falter for fourth time
2014-10-30 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A plan to protect a vast swath of ocean off Antarctica by creating the worlds largest marine reserve appeared headed for failure for the fourth time. The countries that make decisions about Antarctic fishing finish a 10-day meeting on Friday in Hobart, Australia. Most favor a US-New Zealand proposal to ban most fishing in a sanctuary sprawling across 1.34m sq km (517,000 square miles) in the Ross Sea. But all countries must agree, which they have failed to do at three previous meetings....
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