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Environmental protection

As well as conducting globally important science, BAS fulfills its stewardship role by working to the highest environmental standards in all its operations and by playing a leading role in the Antarctic Treaty – the world’s most successful international agreement.

A close up of a fish.

Fishing

Regulation of commercial fisheries in the southern ocean since 1982

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Mining

The Antarctic Treaty bans mineral exporation on the continent