Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Recommendation XV-6 (ATCM XV - Paris, 1989)

  • Subject

    Designation of SSSI 29 (Ablation Point), 30 (Avian Island) and 31 (Mount Flora)

  • Status

    Did not enter into effect. No longer current: D 1 (2011)

  • Category

    Area protection and management

  • Topics

    - Ablation Point (ASPA 147)
    - Avian Island (ASPA 117)
    - Mount Flora (ASPA 148)
    - SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest)

  • Attachments

  • Relevant Final Report paragraph

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ANTARCTIC PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM: NEW SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

The Representatives,

Recalling, Recommendations VIII-3 and VIII-4;

Noting that management plans have been prepared and approved by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest additional to those already designated;

Considering that it would be advantageous to gather experience of the practical effect of the management plans prepared for these sites;

Recommend to their Governments that they voluntarily take account of the management plans, annexed to this Recommendation, for the following sites:

Site No 29 : Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island.
Site No 30 : Avian Island, North-West Marguerite Bay.
Site No 31 : Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.