The Representatives,
Recalling Articles 3, 5 and 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (“ASPA”) and approval of Management Plans for those Areas;
Recalling
· Recommendation IV-13 (1966), which designated Moe Island, South Orkney Islands as Specially Protected Area (“SPA”) No 13 and annexed a map of the Area;
· Recommendation XVI-6 (1991), which annexed a revised description of SPA 13 and a Management Plan for the Area;
· Measure 1 (1995), which annexed a revised description and a revised Management Plan for SPA 13;
· Resolution 9 (1995), which recommended that the structure of the Management Plan for SPA 13 annexed to Measure 1 (1995) be regarded as a model for all new and revised Management Plans for protected areas for the purposes of Annex V;
· Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SPA 13 as ASPA 109;
· Measure 1 (2007), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 109;
Recalling that Recommendation IV-13 (1966) was designated as no longer current by Decision 1 (2011);
Recalling that Recommendation XVI-6 (1991) and Measure 1 (1995) have not become effective;
Recalling that Resolution 9 (1995) was designated as no longer current by Resolution 1 (2008);
Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 109;
Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 109 with the revised Management Plan;
Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty:
That:
1. the revised Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 109 (Moe Island, South Orkney Islands), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and
2. the Management Plan for ASPA 109 annexed to Measure 1 (2007) shall cease to be effective.