Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 148 (Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula): 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 the approval of Management Plans for those Areas;

Recalling
· Recommendation XV-6 (1989), which designated Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula as Site of Special Scientific Interest (“SSSI”) No 31 and annexed a Management Plan for the Site;
· Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SSSI 31 as ASPA 148;
· Measure 1 (2002), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 148;

Recalling that Recommendation XV-6 (1989) was designated as no longer current by Decision 1 (2011);

Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 148;

Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 148 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 148 (Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and
2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 148 annexed to Measure 1 (2002) be revoked.