> It is possible, though, that the Jonah’s icefish disproportionately rely on the massive breeding colony, effectively putting all their eggs in one basket. If so, that “would make the species extremely vulnerable” to extinction, Desvignes says. The discovery of the massive colony is one more argument for providing environmental protections for the Weddell Sea as has been done for the nearby Ross Sea, he says.

The Ross Sea, by the way, has had its protections undermined by China for the benefit of its commercial fishing enterprises.

> In October 2014, the MPA proposal was again defeated at the CCAMLR by votes against from China and Russia.[58] At the October 2015 meeting a revised MPA proposal from the US and New Zealand was expanded with the assistance of China, who however shifted the MPA's priorities from conservation by allowing commercial fishing. —- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Sea

@dang: Not unrelated. Not flame bait. Not a generic tangent. Please unflag.

It was obviously nationalistic flamebait, exacerbated by the snarky way you put it. Please don't post like that to HN.