The CAMLR Convention text describes the Convention Area as consisting of all waters bounded by the Antarctic Continent to the south, and to the north by a line starting at 50°S 50°W; thence due east to 30°E longitude; thence due north to 45°S latitude; thence due east to 80°E longitude; thence due south to 55°S latitude; thence due east to 150°E longitude; thence due south to 60°S latitude; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Statistical areas, Subareas and Divisions
The Convention Area is divided into statistical areas, subareas and divisions, internationally recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), which is the agency responsible for collecting and publishing world fishery statistics.
The statistical subarea and division boundaries were selected taking into account general oceanographic conditions as well as biological characteristics with a view to grouping areas thought to contain relatively discrete populations of certain species.
The three statistical areas are: Area 48 (Atlantic Ocean sector), Area 58 (Indian Ocean sector) and Area 88 (Pacific Ocean sector). Integrated study regions were established in the 1980s to assist with the collection and management of information relating to the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP).
Dividing the Convention Area into subareas and divisions has made possible:
- the reporting of fisheries data for individual stocks; and
- the imposition of management measures on a stock-by-stock basis.
Catch and effort data, along with biologically related data, are reported to the Secretariat on an individual fishery basis.
Area 48
The waters bounded by a line starting at 50°S 50°W; thence due east to 30°E longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent, the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula to 70°W longitude, where the meridian meets the coast of Ellsworth Land; thence north across George VI Sound and due north to 60°S latitude; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.1
The waters bounded by a line starting at 60°S 70°W; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due south to 65°S latitude; thence due west to the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula; thence around the peninsula to 70°W longitude, where the meridian meets the coast of Ellsworth Land; thence north across George VI Sound and due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.2
The waters bounded by a line starting at 57°S 50°W; thence due east to 30°W longitude; thence due south to 64°S latitude; thence due west to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.3
The waters bounded by a line starting at 50°S 50°W; thence due east to 30°W longitude; thence due south to 57°S latitude; thence due west to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.4
The waters bounded by a line starting at 50°S 30°W; thence due east to 20°W longitude; thence due south to 64°S latitude; thence due west to 30°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.5
The waters bounded by a line starting at 64°S 50°W; thence due east to 20°W longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent and northwards along the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to 65°S latitude; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 48.6
The waters bounded by a line starting at 50°S 20°W; thence due east to 30°E longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 20°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Area 58
The waters bounded by a line starting at 45°S 30°E; thence due east to 80°E longitude; thence due south to 55°S latitude; thence due east to 150°E longitude; thence due south to the coast of the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 30°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Division 58.4.1
The waters bounded by a line starting at 64°S 80°E; thence due east to 64°S 86°E; thence due north to 55°S 86°E; thence due east to 150°E longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 80°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Division 58.4.2
The waters bounded by a line starting at 62°S 30°E; thence due east to 62°S 73°10'E; thence due south to 64°S 73°10'E; thence due east to 64°S 80°E; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 30°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Division 58.4.3
The waters bounded by a line starting at 56°S 60°E; thence due east to 56°S 80°E; thence due north to 55°S 80°E; thence due east to 55°S 86°E; thence due south to 64°S 86°E latitude; thence due west to 64°S 73°10'E; thence due north to 62°S 73°10'E; thence due west to 62°S 60°E; thence due north to the starting point. Division 58.4.3 is subdivided into:
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Division 58.4.3a
Bounded by a line starting at 56°S 60°E; thence due east to 56°S 73°10'E; thence due south to 62°S 73°10'E; thence due west to 62°S 60°E thence due north to the starting point, and -
Division 58.4.3b
Bounded by a line starting at 56°S 73°10'E; thence due east to 56°S 80°E; thence due north to 55°S 80°E; thence due east to 55°S 86°E; thence due south to 64°S 86°E; thence due west to 64°S 73°10'E; thence due north to the starting point.
Division 58.4.4
The waters bounded by a line starting at 50°S 30°E; thence due east to 60°E longitude; thence due south to 62°S latitude; thence due west to 30°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point. Division 58.4.4 is subdivided into:
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Division 58.4.4a
Bounded by a line starting at 50°S 30°E; thence due east to 43°E longitude; thence due south to 62°S latitude; thence due west to 30°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point, and -
Division 58.4.4b
Bounded by a line starting at 50°S 43°E; thence due east to 60°E longitude; thence due south to 62°S latitude; thence due west to 43°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Division 58.5.1 *
The waters bounded by a line starting at 45°S 60°E; thence due south to 53°14'S latitude; thence east to the point 53°14'07"S, 67°03'20"E; thence to 52°42'28"S, 68°05'31"E; thence to 51°58'18"S, 69°44'02"E; thence to 51°24'32"S, 71°12'29"E; thence to 51°03'09"S, 72°28'28"E; thence to 50°54'23"S, 72°49'21"E; thence to 49°49'34"S, 75°36'08"E; thence to 49°24'07"S, 76°42'17"E; thence due east to 80°E longitude; thence due north to 45°S latitude; thence due west to the starting point.
* At CCAMLR-XV the coordinates for this area were revised to coincide with the relevant coordinates defined in the 1982 Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between France and Australia.
Division 58.5.2
The waters bounded by a line starting at 56°S 60°E; thence due north to 53°14'S latitude; thence east to the point 53°14'07"S, 67°03'20"E; thence to 52°42'28"S, 68°05'31"E; thence to 51°58'18"S, 69°44'02"E; thence to 51°24'32"S, 71°12'29"E; thence to 51°03'09"S, 72°28'28"E; thence to 50°54'23"S, 72°49'21"E; thence to 49°49'34"S, 75°36'08"E; thence to 49°24'07"S, 76°42'17"E; thence due east to 80°E longitude; thence due south to 56°S latitude; thence due west to the starting point.
Subarea 58.6
The waters bounded by a line starting at 45°S 40°E; thence due east to 60°E longitude; thence due south to 50°S latitude; thence due west to 40°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 58.7
The waters bounded by a line starting at 45°S 30°E; thence due east to 40°E longitude; thence due south to 50°S latitude; thence due west to 30°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Area 88
The waters bounded by a line starting at 60°S 150°E; thence due east to 70°W longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 150°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 88.1
The waters bounded by a line starting at 60°S 150°E; thence due east to 170°W longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 150°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 88.2
The waters bounded by a line starting at 60°S 170°W; thence due east to 105°W longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 170°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Subarea 88.3
The waters bounded by a line starting at 60°S 105°W; thence due east to 70°W longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 105°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Integrated Study Regions (ISRs)
Antarctic Peninsula ISR
The area bounded by a line starting at 60°S 75°W; thence due east to 50°W longitude; thence due south to 65°S latitude; thence due west to the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula; thence westward along and including the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to 75°W longitude, thence due north to the starting point.
South Georgia ISR
The area bounded by a line starting at 53°S 40°W; thence due east to 35°W longitude; thence due south to 56°S latitude; thence due west to 40°W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.
Prydz Bay ISR
The area bounded by a line starting at 58°S 55° E; thence due east to 85°E longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westward along the coast of the Antarctic Continent to 55°E longitude; thence due north to the starting point.