L'océan Austral, situé tout autour de l'Antarctique, représente quelque 15 pour cent de la surface des océans de la planète. Il s'étend de la côte du continent vers le nord jusqu'au front polaire antarctique, zone frontale distincte, tant sur le plan physique que biologique, de rencontre des eaux froides de surface de l'océan Austral et des eaux subantarctiques plus chaudes et plus salées des océans Atlantique, Indien et Pacifique.
The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and represents approximately 15 percent of the world’s ocean area. It extends from the coast of the continent northwards to the Antarctic Polar Front, a physically and biologically distinct frontal zone where the cold water of the Southern Ocean encounters, and flows under, the warmer and more saline sub-Antarctic water of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The Commission and the Scientific Committee cooperate with intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations for mutual benefit. Cooperation may be informal or, as appropriate, by formal agreement.
CCAMLR maintains mutually beneficial relations with a wide range of other multilateral organisations, industry associations and civil society. Article XXIII of the CAMLR Convention provides that:
