The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Australia, ended without a sound bite at the end of October. And this despite the fact that geopolitics and climate policy met there as if under a burning glass. Negotiations on new marine protection zones in the Antarctic lasted nine days in Hobart. New marine protection agreements are urgently needed to relieve the pressure on crustaceans such as krill and other marine animals in the Antarctic.