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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Sperm Whales prey on Toothfish and large squid and in February 2007, a 10-metre (32.8 Back to the Future – the Case for Protection.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* There was no pretending this was a whale-watching trip, a ruse that is growing stale anyway. Protection Island and Mt.