(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 (“the Protocol”) 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;
· Measure 1 (2000), which annexed a revised Management Plan for SPA 14;
· Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SPA 14 as ASPA 110;
· Measure 2 (2012), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 110;
Recalling that Recommendation XVI-6 (1991) and Measure 1 (2000) did not become effective and were withdrawn by Decision 3 (2017);
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:
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 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 110 annexed to Measure 2 (2012) be revoked.