然而，这次的会议在周四的时候结束了，可是没有任何新的海洋保护区系统的议案得到通过，这使那些提出该议案的国家很失望，失望的还有环境保护组织以及那120万人。为什么会出现这种情况？虽然“南极洲海洋生物资源保护委员会”是一个环境保护组织（正如名字所显示的那样），但是好像有些国家把经济发展看得比环境保护还要重要。

根据澳大利亚人报发布的一份报告，由于中国想要继续在一些海洋捕鱼，所以中国就否决了所有的海洋保护区系统议案。有趣的是，会议上所提交的那些海洋保护区系统议案里面，中国目前都还没有在这些地方捕鱼，也就是说，对中国来说，潜在的经济利益已经盖过了保护环境所能带来的利益。

CCAMLR’s meetings aren’t open to the public. An official meeting report is published but it is not a transcript of the proceedings, so many comments will not be reflected in the official record. However, other countries known to be skeptical of MPAs include Russia and the Ukraine. Science and conservation in the interest of the broader public is getting trumped by economic concerns in service of a few. The recalcitrant countries are not convinced by reams of scientific data from experienced researchers, and they are not too concerned about living up to their own promises. The result is that our oceans don’t get the protections they need, whether in the Southern Ocean or anywhere else.

(责编：牛宁)