Land AhoyKey Landmarks in the Distance
Moment Date Influence / issue (s)
Somalia Report Release Week of 14th September IUU
70th session of UNGA (NY) 15 - 28th September SDG
First Round of Ocean Negotiations 14 - 18th September All
Climate Week (NY) 21 - 28th September Oceans and Climate; Arctic; Antarctic; Marine reserves
CGI (NY) 28th September Ocean Plenary session
UN Summit for the adoption of the post 2015 SDGs 20 - 24th and 27 - 31st September All; especially oceans
and climate issues
Pope in NY 25th September Importance of ocean as earth system
WTO forum (Geneva) 1st October Subsidies: Subsidize the SDGs, not fishing fleets
IDDRI conference on SDG 14 (Paris) 2nd October SDG and all issues covered
Our Ocean Conference (Valparaiso, Chile) 5 - 6th October All
Annual WB & IMF mtgs (DC) 1 - 11th October Climate finance; Where are the oceans?
Fish Crime Workshop (Cape Town) 12 - 13th October IUU
Mission Blue 2 (Brisbane, PNG, Marshall Islands) 10-16 October All ocean
Sebastian Copeland book launch: Arctica (LA) Mid - October Ocean/climate; Regeneration
Johanna Basford Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Colouring Book release
22nd October All Oceans/Mindfullness
CCAMLR annual mtg (Hobart) 19 - 30th October Ross Sea MPA; Oceans/Climate; krill; toothfish
WEF Global Council meeting (Abu Dhabi) 26 - 27th October IUU; Plastics; Governance;
Regeneration; Accountability
Global Marine Protected Areas Partner Summit (ESRI HQ Redlands, CA)
2 - 3rd November
IUCN Pocantico workshop – High Seas 6 - 8th November Meeting to focus on content of
high seas implementing agreement
Blue Ocean Film Festival (Monaco) 6 - 9th November
Summit @ Sea (US to Bermuda) 13 - 16th November All oceans
GOC Science Symposium (Oxford) 12 - 13th November
G20 Summit 15 - 16th November
Un Sustainable Fisheries and Oceans Omnibus resolutions negotiations begin (NY)
16 - 17th November 18 - 24th November
All
GOC China meeting Late November All GOC/ High Seas
Thanksgiving (US) 26th November
Innovation Forum Sustainable Seafood mtg (London) 25 - 26th November Business; Traceability;
IUU; Technology
G20 – China assumes Presidency 1st December
UNFCCC CoP 21 (Paris) 30th November - 12 December Ocean/climate; Antarctic/Arctic; Marine Reserves; Regeneration
Mass mobilization weekend 28 - 29th November
Oceans Day 3rd December Oceans; regeneration
COP21 – Ministers arrive 8th December
WTO Ministerial (Nairobi) 15 - 18th December Subsidies, SDG
Moment Date Issue(s)
2016
UN BBNJ prepcom (NY) 28 March – 8 April High Seas; Governance
Monaco Blue Initiative (São Paulo, Brazil) 3-4 April Marine reserves, ocean/climate
Arctic High Seas Fisheries Policy Meeting, US Spring Arctic
World Earth Day 22nd April
Fish Hackathon weekend 22-24 April IUU fishing
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Moment Date Issue(s)
World Penguin Day 25th April Antarctic, climate, ocean
Seafood Expo Global 26-28 April Sustainable seafood
Plasticity Forum (Shanghai) 27-28 April Plastics
World Economic Forum on Africa (Kigali, Rwanda) 11-13 May
G7 Science and Technology’s Ministers meeting (Tsukuba City, Japan) 15-17 May
G7 Environment Minister’s Meeting (Toyama City, Japan) 15-16 May
6th Annual Blue Mind Summit, Asilomar, California, US 18-20 May All ocean issues (focus on
science and conservation)
G7 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank meeting (Sendai City, Japan) 20-21 May
20th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission , La Reunion, France 23-27 May Fisheries, tuna
3
Moment Date Issue(s)
Resumed Review Conference of UNCLOS, New York, US 23-27 May Ocean governance
42nd G7 Meeting (Shima, Japan) 26-27 May
World Economic Forum on East Asia (Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) 1-2 June
World Ocean Day 8 June All ocean issues
Capitol Hill Ocean Week (Washington DC, USA) 7-9 June
22nd Session International Seabed Authority (Jamaica) 11-22 June Deep seabed mining
FAO Committee on Fisheries (Rome, Italy) 11-15 June Fisheries
UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Law of the Sea (NY) 13-17 June
Future of the Ocean Floor Forum (Monaco)
15-17 June 2016
4
Moment Date Issue(s)
Film release Finding Dory (Disney/Pixar)
17th June (US) and 29th July (UK)
13th International Coral Reef Symposium (Honolulu) 19-24 June Coral reefs, climate change
African Day of Seas and Oceans 25 July
3rd Annual International Submarine Canyon Symposium, Victoria, BC, Canada
25-27 July Deep sea
The Economist South East Asia and Pacific Regional Fisheries Summit , Jakarta, Indonesia
27-28 July Fisheries, IUU fishing
4th International Marine Conservation Congress (St. John’s, Canada) 30 July-3 August MPAs
UN Review of Implementation of Deep Sea Bottom Trawling Resolution (NYC) 1-2 August Fisheries
G20 Leaders Summit (Hangzhou, China) 4-5 September
Seafood Expo Asia (Hong Kong) 6-8 September Sustainable Seafood
5
Moment Date Issue(s)
IUCN World Conservation Congress (Hawaii) 1-10 September MPAs/marine reserves
UNGA 72nd Session (NY) opening 13 September All ocean issues
Our Ocean 3rd Conference (Washington DC) 15-16 September All ocean issues
CITES CoP 17 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
24 September- 5 October Sharks
UN 1st round Oceans Omnibus Resolution Negotiations (NYC) 26-30 September All ocean issues
47th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting September
Arctic High Seas Fisheries Scientific meeting, Norway September/October Arctic
Global meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans September/October
Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials Meeting (Portland, Maine, US) 4-6 October Arctic
6
Moment Date Issue(s)
CCAMLR meeting, Tasmania 17-28 October Antarctic, MPAs
China Seafood Expo (Qingdao) 2-4 November Sustainable seafood
UN Sustainable Fisheries Resolution Negotitation (NYC) 7-15 November Fisheries
UNFCCC COP 22 (Marrakesh, Morocco) 7-18 November Climate change
UN 2nd Round Oceans Omnibus Resolutions Negotiations (NYC) 16-22 November Fisheries
Convention on Biological Diversity COP 13 (Cancun, Mexico) 4-17 December MPAs
2017
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
World Ocean Summit, Bali 22-24 February
7
Moment Date Issue(s)
SeaWeb Seafood Summit, Seattle, USA 5-7 June Sustainable Seafood
High-level UN Conference on Oceans and Seas, to support implementation of SDG 14 (Fiji)
5-9 June All ocean issues
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Land AhoyKey Landmarks in the Distance
Moment Date Influence / issue (s)
Somalia Report Release Week of 14th September IUU
70th session of UNGA (NY) 15 - 28th September SDG
First Round of Ocean Negotiations 14 - 18th September All
Climate Week (NY) 21 - 28th September Oceans and Climate; Arctic; Antarctic; Marine reserves
CGI (NY) 28th September Ocean Plenary session
UN Summit for the adoption of the post 2015 SDGs 20 - 24th and 27 - 31st September All; especially oceans
and climate issues
Pope in NY 25th September Importance of ocean as earth system
WTO forum (Geneva) 1st October Subsidies: Subsidize the SDGs, not fishing fleets
IDDRI conference on SDG 14 (Paris) 2nd October SDG and all issues covered
Our Ocean Conference (Valparaiso, Chile) 5 - 6th October All
Annual WB & IMF mtgs (DC) 1 - 11th October Climate finance; Where are the oceans?
Fish Crime Workshop (Cape Town) 12 - 13th October IUU
Mission Blue 2 (Brisbane, PNG, Marshall Islands) 10-16 October All ocean
Sebastian Copeland book launch: Arctica (LA) Mid - October Ocean/climate; Regeneration
Johanna Basford Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Colouring Book release
22nd October All Oceans/Mindfullness
CCAMLR annual mtg (Hobart) 19 - 30th October Ross Sea MPA; Oceans/Climate; krill; toothfish
WEF Global Council meeting (Abu Dhabi) 26 - 27th October IUU; Plastics; Governance;
Regeneration; Accountability
Global Marine Protected Areas Partner Summit (ESRI HQ Redlands, CA)
2 - 3rd November
IUCN Pocantico workshop – High Seas 6 - 8th November Meeting to focus on content of
high seas implementing agreement
Blue Ocean Film Festival (Monaco) 6 - 9th November
Summit @ Sea (US to Bermuda) 13 - 16th November All oceans
GOC Science Symposium (Oxford) 12 - 13th November
G20 Summit 15 - 16th November
Un Sustainable Fisheries and Oceans Omnibus resolutions negotiations begin (NY)
16 - 17th November 18 - 24th November
All
GOC China meeting Late November All GOC/ High Seas
Thanksgiving (US) 26th November
Innovation Forum Sustainable Seafood mtg (London) 25 - 26th November Business; Traceability;
IUU; Technology
G20 – China assumes Presidency 1st December
UNFCCC CoP 21 (Paris) 30th November - 12 December Ocean/climate; Antarctic/Arctic; Marine Reserves; Regeneration
Mass mobilization weekend 28 - 29th November
Oceans Day 3rd December Oceans; regeneration
COP21 – Ministers arrive 8th December
WTO Ministerial (Nairobi) 15 - 18th December Subsidies, SDG
