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recognises ‘ ’ as ’s

The Southern Ocean is home to large of , and . But fishing on species like krill and toothfish had been a concern for decades, the magazine said. It hoped to draw attention to these issues, in addition to the of the Southern Ocean due to global warming by officially changing the name of the waterbody.

National Geographic recognises ‘Southern Ocean’ as globe’s fifth ocean The International Hydrographic Organization too had recognised the term in 1937 before repealing it in 1953