Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7 (Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin): 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 the approval of Management Plans for those Areas;

Recalling
Measure 1 (2008), which designated Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin as Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7 and annexed a Management Plan for the Area;
Measures 2 (2009), 14 (2010) and 11 (2019) which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASMA 7;

Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection (“CEP”) has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASMA 7;

Noting Measure 14 (2022) concerning Antarctic Specially Protected Area (“ASPA”) No 139 (Biscoe Point, Anvers Island), Measure 5 (2022) concerning ASPA 113 (Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago) and Measure 19 (2021) concerning ASPA 176 (Rosenthal Islands, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago), which are all located within ASMA 7;

Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASMA 7 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:

the revised Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7 (Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and

the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7 annexed to Measure 11 (2019) be revoked.