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There is no commercial fishing allowed south of 60 degrees S, which includes the Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent of Antarctica.
Krill do form the base of the short food chain that supports the Southern Ocean's rich protein production. Any 'fish' taken are involved in the natural food chain.
What else can I help you with?
How much does it rain a year at Antarctica?
never
Why do they say much of Antarctica is a desert?
Antarctica receives little precipitation each year which classifies it as a desert.
How much fish do the Shoshone Indians eat in a year?
Maybe about a leap year they ate about 20-30 fish. They didn't eat much because they had to save fish.
Which gets more snow a year alaska or Antarctica?
Most of Alaska gets much more snow than most of Antarctica.
What do the people in Antarctica look like?
Antarctica has no actual permanent human residents. Most of the temporary population is made up of scientists. The rest are tourists. So most of the permanent residents in Antarctica wear their tuxedos year round and enjoy eating fish.
What Can be taken from Antarctica to show climate data from thousands of year ago?
Index Fossils- Shows what kind of climate was there thousands of years ago.
How much rain does Antarctica get?
Antarctica receives little rainfall in 1 year. About 35-50 centimeters of water is received in Antarctica. It may sound strange, but Antarctica is also considered a desert, a landscape/ region that receives little or no precipitation.
How much precipitation does Antarctica get?
The south pole gets no more than 10cm per year.
Approximately 5 percent of the fish and shellfish harvest is taken from this ocean each year?
Indian ocean.
Approximately 5 percent of the fish and shellfish harvest is taken from what ocean each year?
Indian
What year did Antarctica break up?
Antarctica has not broken up.
Why is Antarctica so cold if it is a desert?
Desert not always mean a hot place. A desert is a place where rainfall (or the equivalent in snow) is less than 10 inches (250 mm) per year. rainfall is not these much in Antarctica. That's why antarctica is a desert.
