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The
have been exploring the
hoping to establish it as an
Marine Protected Area. They say the seas are a
habitat that must be preserved. They want to prevent fishing and
research to keep the waters as pristine as
. A recent University of Cambridge study found that fishing trawlers in Antarctica are bringing
of "hitch-hiking" species from 1,500 ports around the
. These are threatening the area's fragile eco-systems. A researcher said: "So far, the remoteness and difficult sea-ice conditions of this
area...have protected it, but...we should be much more ambitious with
conservation."
