Moment Date Issue(s)
2017
UN 1st Round Oceans Omnibus 25-29 September All Ocean issues Resolutions Negotiations, NYC 19th Global meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action 30 Sept-1 Oct All Ocean issues Plans, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Our Ocean Conference, Malta 5-6 October All Ocean issues
CCAMLR Annual meeting, Hobart, 16-27 October Antarctic, MPAs Tasmania Moment Date Issue(s)
COP 12 of Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 23-28 October Marine biodiversity Manila, Philippines Shipping and the environment: from regional to global 24-25 October Shipping perspectives, Gothenburg, Sweden ESRI Ocean GIS Forum, Redlands 31st October California
Arctic Council Senior Arctic 24-27 October Arctic Officials meeting, Oulu, Finland
China Fisheries and Seafood 1-3 November Sustainable Fisheries Expo, Qingdao
UNFCCC COP 23, Bonn, Germany 6-17 November Climate and Oceans (Hosts Fiji)
UN Sustainable Fisheries 7-14 November Fisheries Resolution Negotiations, NYC
36th Annual NEAFC meeting, 13-17 November Fisheries- North East Atlantic London, UK
2 Moment Date Issue(s)
25th Regular Meeting of the Commission of ICCAT, Marrakech, 14-22 November Tuna Morocco UN 2nd Round Oceans Omnibus 15-21 November All Ocean issues Resolutions Negotiations, NYC International Forum for deep- mining- 3rd Annual Asia-Pacific 21-22 November Deep-sea mining Deep-sea mining Summit, Singapore World Ocean Council, 5th 29 November-1 Sustainable Ocean Summit, All Ocean issues December Halifax, Canada 3rd Meeting of the UN Environment 4-6 December Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya
West and Central Pacific Fisheries 4-8 December Tuna, fisheries Commission meeting, Philippines 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, Buenos 11-14 December Fisheries subsidies Aires International Arctic Change 2017 11-15 December Arctic, climate change Conference, Quebec City, Canada
3 Moment Date Issue(s)
European Coral Reef Symposium, 13-15 December Coral reefs Oxford, UK
2018
6th International Marine Debris conference, San Diego, California, 12-16 March Pollution US The Economist’s World Ocean 7-9 March All Ocean issues Summit, Riviera Maya, Mexico
World Penguin Day 25th April Antarctic
World Tuna Day 2nd May Tuna, sustainable seafood
Ocean Risk Summit, Bermuda 8-10 May Climate change
Overfishing, destructive fishing Endangered Species Day 19th May practices
World Conference on Marine 20-23 May Biodiversity, MPAs Biodiversity, Montreal, Canada
4 Moment Date Issue(s)
US SIF’s 8th Annual Conference, 30 May-1 June Sustainable investment Omni Shoreham, Washington DC
World Environment Day (UN) 5th June Environment
World Oceans Day 8 June All Ocean issues
5th International Marine Conservation Congress, Kuching, 24-29 June MPAs, science Malaysia 2nd Arctic Biodiversity Congress, 9-11 October Arctic, biodiversity Rovaniemi, Finland
5th Our Ocean Conference, TBD All Ocean issues Indonesia
CBD COP 14, Egypt TBD MPAs, EBSAs, post 2020 targets
2019
World Penguin Day 25th April Antarctic
5 Moment Date Issue(s)
World Tuna Day 2nd May Tuna, sustainable seafood
Overfishing, destructive fishing Endangered Species Day 19th May practices
World Environment Day (UN) 5th June Environment
World Oceans Day 8 June All Ocean issues
6th Our Ocean Conference, Norway TBD All Ocean issues
CITES COP 18, Sri Lanka TBD Trade
International Penguin Congress August 2019
2020
The Ocean Conference, Portugal TBD All Ocean issues
6 Moment Date Issue(s)
CBD COP 15, China
2021
International Marine Protected TBD MPAs Area Conference 5, Canada
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