Antarctic penguins losing to climate change through 80% krill decline

[Carl Clifford <>]

Well, if humans stopped ripping out more than 500.00 tonnes (and  
rapidly growing) of Krill every year, there would be a lot more to go  
around.
Carl Clifford


On 14/04/2011, at 9:35 AM, Ian May wrote:

My point is you can't have your Krill and eat it too.

Nikolas Haass wrote:

> Any details? Which "pelagic sea birds"? Which "whales"? Species?  
> Numbers? Rather than a terribly superficial statement?
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> Nikolas Haass
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> From: Ian May <>
> To: Laurie Knight <>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Antarctic penguins losing to climate  
> change through 80% krill decline
> Very unlikely scenario.
> Rather than negative climate impacts or human fishing scenarios  
> causing an 80% decline of Krill, it is more likely that the massive  
> expansion of whale populations are depleting the Krill biomass.
> We are observing pelagic sea bird declines and there is a  
> correlation where whale populations are increasing.
> Ian May
> Laurie Knight wrote:
> > see http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0411-hance_penguin_krill.html
> > http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55223
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