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ANTARKTİKA ANTLAŞMASI THE ANTARCTIC TREATY

Article 12: Accession (a) Signatures of this Convention, the de- Annex 4. Sealing Zones
posit of instruments of ratification, accep-
This Convention shall be open for accession tance or accession and notices of withd- Each of the sealing zones listed in this parag-
by any State which may be invited to accede rawal; 1. Permissible Catch raph shall be closed in numerical sequence to
to this Convention with the consent of all the all sealing operations for the seal species listed
Contracting Parties. (b) The date of entry into force of this Con- The Contracting Parties shall in any one year, in paragraph 1 of this Annex for the period 1
vention and of any amendments to it or its which shall run from 1 March to the last day in September to the last day of February inclusive.
Annex.
Article 13: Entry into Force February inclusive, restrict the total number of Such closures shall begin with the same zone as
seals of each species killed or captured to the is closed under paragraph 2 of Annex B to An-
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ARTICLE 16 : Certified Copies and numbers specified below. These numbers are nex 1 of the Report of the Fifth Antarctic Treaty
Consultative Meeting at the moment the Con-
thirtieth day following the date of deposit of Registration subject to review in the light of scientific as- vention enters into force. Upon the expiration
the seventh instrument of ratification or accep- sessments:
tance. 1. This Convention, done in the English, French, (a) In the case of Crabeater seals Lobodon of each closed period, the affected zone shall
reopen:
carcinophagus, 175,000;
Russian and Spanish languages, each version Zone 1 - between 60° and 120° West Longi-
2. Thereafter this Convention shall enter into being equally authentic, shall be deposited in
force for each ratifying, accepting or acceding the archives of the Government of the United (b) In the case of Leopard seals Hydrurga tude
Zone 2 - between 0° and 60° West Longitude,
State on the thirtieth day after deposit by such Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, leptonyx, 12,000; together with that part of the Weddell Sea lying
State of its instrument of ratification, accep- which shall transmit duly certified copies there- westward of 60° West Longitude
tance or accession. of to all signatory and acceding States. (c) In the case of Weddell seals Leptony- Zone 3 - between 0° and 70° East Longitude
chotes weddelli, 5,000.
Zone 4 - between 70° and 130° East Longitude
Article 14: Withdrawal 2. This Convention shall be registered by the Zone 5 - between 130° East Longitude and
Depositary pursuant to Article 102 of the 2. Protected Species 170° West Longitude
Any Contracting Party may withdraw from this Charter of the United Nations. Zone 6 - between 120° and 170° West Lon-
Convention on 30 June of any year by giving (a) It is forbidden to kill or capture Ross se- gitude.
notice on or before 1 January of the same year In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly aut- als Ommatophoca rossi, Southern elep-
to the Depositary, which upon receipt of such a horized, have signed this Convention. hant seals Mirounga horana, or fur seals of
notice shall at once communicate it to the ot- the genus Arctocephalus. 5. Seal Reserves
her Contracting Parties. Any other Contracting Done at London, this 1st day of June 1972.
Party may, in like manner, within one month of (b) In order to protect the adult breeding It is forbidden to kill or capture seals in the fol-
the receipt of a copy of such a notice from the stock during the period when it is most lowing reserves, which are seal breeding areas or
Depositary, give notice of withdrawal, so that concentrated and vulnerable, it is forbid- the site of long-term scientific research:
the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30 den to kill or capture any Weddell seal Lep-
June of the same year with respect to the Cont- tonychotes weddelli between 1 September (a) The area around the South Orkney Islands
racting Party giving such notice. and 31 January inclusive. between 60°20’ and 60°56’ South Latitude
and 44°05’ and 46°25’ West Longitude.
Article 15: Notifications by the Depositary 3. Closed Season And Sealing Season (b) The area of the southwestern Ross Sea
south of 76° South Latitude and west of
The Depositary shall notify all signatory and ac- The period between 1 March and 31 August 170° East Longitude.
ceding States of the following: inclusive is a Closed Season, during which the
killing or capturing of seals is forbidden. The
period 1 September to the last day in February
constitutes a Sealing Season.

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