2016

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Commission pour la conservation de la faune et la flore marines de lAntarctique

Comisin para la Conservacin de los Recursos Vivos Marinos Antrticos

Karl-Hermann Kock, 2006.

This image was taken late in the evening on board the Polarstern cruise in the
Eastern Weddell Sea. The research vessel was approaching the German Neumayer
Station to unload cargo and equipment.
 DECEMBER 2015
Volker Siegel, 2014.
Colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), South Georgia.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Start of the CCAMLR
2015/16 fishing season

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Christmas Day Boxing Day

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This calendar features the times of day of nautical twilight, sunrise and sunset at twelve locations in and around the Southern Ocean, including the Kerguelen Islands, King George Island,
Davis Station, Mario Zucchelli Station, McMurdo Station and selected CEMP sites (https://www.ccamlr.org/node/73031).
Each plot shows the time of day of morning twilight, dawn , sunrise, day , sunset, dusk , evening twilight and night , from 1 January to 31 December 2016. The time of day is plotted
in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The local time of day may be determined using the UTC offset at the users location. CCAMLR provides an online nautical twilight calculator
(https://www.ccamlr.org/en/node/84096) intended for use with CCAMLRs Conservation Measure 25-02 which aims to protect seabirds in the course of longline fishing.
 JANUARY 2016
Eyal Kaplan, 2010.
Sunset pouring sideways light on the Antarctic Coast.
Photo taken while kayaking off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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New Years Day

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CCAMLR-XXXIV
Report final
publication in all
official languages

00:00
Latitude 6208'S Lions Rump CEMP site, King George Island
Time (UTC)

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 FEBRUARY 2016
Eyal Kaplan, 2012.
Adlie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula near Davis Coast.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Latitude 4500'S Northern extent of the CAMLR Convention Area
Time (UTC)

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 MARCH 2016
Volker Siegel, 2013.
Juvenile Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) collected in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Good Friday

27 28 29 30 31
Easter Monday Easter Tuesday 2015 Financial
Statements distributed

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Latitude 4253'S CCAMLR Headquarters, Hobart
Time (UTC)

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 APRIL 2016
John Weller, 2007.
The Ross Sea landscape is a synthesis of fire and ice. Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) make
their nests in exposed rock cliffs, 100 kilometres into the Antarctic continent.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Statistical Bulletin
published

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24 25 26 27 28 29 30

00:00
Latitude 8528'S Southern extent of the Ross Sea ice shelf
Time (UTC)

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 MAY 2016
Volker Siegel, 2014.
Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), South Georgia.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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SC-CAMLR-XXXIV Conservation
Report final measures adopted
publication in all at CCAMLR-XXXIV
official languages come into force

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2327 May The Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP XIX), Santiago, Chile

23 May 1 June Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting ATCM XXXIX, Santiago, Chile

29 30 31

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Latitude 6400'S Southern boundary of the South Orkney Islands southern shelf MPA
Time (UTC)

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
 JUNE 2016
Clifford Hoang, 2014.
The Nathaniel B. Palmer steers clear of a massive table iceberg, west Antarctic Peninsula.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4
Submission of fishery
notifications for
2016/17

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Latitude 5559'S Cape Horn
Time (UTC)

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 JULY 2016
Nicolas Gasco, 2005.
White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) with its reflection, Kerguelen Islands.

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Latitude 4921'S Port-aux-Franais, Kerguelen Islands
Time (UTC)

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 AUGUST 2016
John Weller, 2008.
An isopod (Antarcturus) on a glass sponge (Hexactinellida) in the Ross Sea. Isopods like
Antarcturus often stand on top of small sponges to feed on passing zooplankton.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Draft Compliance
Evaluation Report
available to Members

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1931 Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research (XXXIV SCAR), Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

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Latitude 6835'S Davis Station

Time (UTC)

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 SEPTEMBER 2016
Nicolas Gasco, 2007.
Killer whale (Orcinus orca), Crozet Islands.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Submission of
CCAMLR-XXXV and
SC-CAMLR-XXXV
working papers

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Submission of
CCAMLR-XXXV and
SC-CAMLR-XXXV
background papers

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Submission of
WG-FSA-16 papers

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Latitude 7441'S Mario Zucchelli Station
Time (UTC)

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 OCTOBER 2016
Eyal Kaplan, 2010.
Antarctic kayakers paddling under a natural iceberg arch, Antarctic Peninsula.

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314 WG-FSA-16,
Hobart, Australia

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1721 SC-CAMLR-XXXV, Hobart, Australia

1728 CCAMLR-XXXV, Hobart, Australia

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Latitude 7751'S McMurdo Station
Time (UTC)

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 NOVEMBER 2016
Volker Siegel, 2014.
Pair of breeding black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), South Georgia. One of
the birds has just returned from a foraging trip and is welcomed by its breeding partner.

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Conservation Measures
2016/17 published
End of the CCAMLR
2015/16 fishing season

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Latitude 8217'S Farthest south reached by 1902
Time (UTC)

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 DECEMBER 2016
Karl-Hermann Kock, 2006.
Ice formations seen during a Polarstern cruise, eastern Weddell Sea.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Start of the CCAMLR
2016/17 fishing season

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Christmas Day Boxing Day

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Latitude 5424'S Bouvetya CEMP site, Bouvet Island
Time (UTC)

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