New regulations put in place strict rules, including seasonal restrictions and spill prevention measures, to balance penguin conservation with shipping

Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation

The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds

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