Amendments to the Annex of the Convention for Conservation of Antarctic Seals
Source: http://reco.ats.aq/ats.reco/details.aspx?id=370&lang=e, downloaded 20070807 (From the Report of the 1988 Meeting to Review the Operation of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals)
Representatives, pursuant to paragraph 19(a) above, agreed to recommend for approval by their respective Governments, that the Annex be changed in the following way:
Section 1: for 1 July to 30 June read 1 March to the last day in February.
Section 6(a): for 31 October read 30 June and for 1 July to 30 June read 1 March to the last day in February.
Accordingly, they agreed on the text of the following amendment to the Annex (new paragraph 8) which they recommended to the Governments of Contracting Parties for their approval.
'8. Cooperation
The Contracting Parties to this Convention shall, as appropriate, cooperate and exchange information with the other Contracting Parties to the other international instruments within the Antarctic Treaty System and their respective institutions.'
36. Representatives, noting that they agreed on the desirability of extending the protection afforded to Weddell seals to include pups during the breeding season, agreed to recommend to Governments the deletion in section 2 of the Annex the words 'one year or older'.
