Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 110 (Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands): Revised Management Plan

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-14 (1966), which designated Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands as Specially Protected Area (“SPA”) No 14 and annexed a map of the Area;

· Recommendation XVI-6 (1991), which annexed a Management Plan for the Area;

· Resolution 1 (1998), which allocates responsibility among Consultative Parties for the revision of Management Plans for protected areas;

· Measure 1 (2000), which annexed a revised Management Plan for SPA 14;

· Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SPA 14 as ASPA 110;


Recalling that Recommendation XVI-6 (1991) and Measure 1 (2000) have not become effective;

Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 110;

Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 110 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 110 (Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and


2. the Management Plan for SPA 14 annexed to Measure 1 (2000), which has not become effective, be withdrawn.