Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 1 (Admiralty Bay, King George Island): Revised Management Plan

The Representatives,

Recalling Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (“ASMA”) and approval of Management Plans for those Areas;

Recalling
· Recommendation X-5 (1979), which designated the Western shore of Admiralty Bay as Site of Special Scientific Interest No 8, and Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered the Site as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (“ASPA”) No 128;
· Recalling Measure 3 (2003), which added Historic Site and Monument (“HSM”) No 51 Puchalski Grave to the “List of Historic Sites and Monuments”;
· Measure 2 (2006), which designated Admiralty Bay, King George Island as ASMA 1, within which ASPA 128 and HSM 51 are located, and adopted a Management Plan for the Area;

Noting Measure 4 (2014), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 128;
Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASMA 1;
Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASMA 1 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 Managed Area No 1 (Admiralty Bay, King George Island), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and

2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 1 annexed to Measure 2 (2006) be revoked.