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SCAR BULLETIN, No. 151, October 2003

Resolution 1 (2003)

The Representatives,

Conscious of the importance of ensuring that mariners and vessel operators are aware of, and comply with, the obligations set out in the Environmental Protocol-and in particular its Annex IV (Prevention of Marine Pollution);
Desiring to provide clear and easily understood advice to those operating vessels and yachts in the Antarctic Treaty Area; and
Recalling discussions at ATCM XXV that a means to improve compliance with the Protocol’s obligations by vessel and yacht operators would be to include details of the Protocol and its Annexes, as appropriate in the Antarctic navigational guides or pilots published by parties.
Recommend that:
Those Parties that publish advice to marines in the form of, for example, Antarctic “Sailing Directions”, “Marine Notices”, or “Pilots”, should ensure that appropriate detail of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1998) and in particular details of its Annex IV, are included in such publications.