Twenty-five governments came together to make the world’s largest marine reserve.

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By Katie HerzogOct 28, 2016, 3:03 pm136 pts
The Ross Sea marine reserve, which covers 600,000 square miles of the Southern Ocean off coast of the Antarctic, will be protected from commercial fishing for the next 35 years. Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, an international consortium of governments, approved it…

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