The Convention Area is described in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (74.48 KB) 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.

The Convention Area represents around 10 percent of the Earth’s oceans and has a surface area of 35 716 100 km².

A Map of the CAMLR Convention Area (568.88 KB) is available to download, or you can view the area on the Online GIS.