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The Marine Environment Protection Committee

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

BEING AWARE of the ecological criteria, in particular the criteria relating to uniqueness or rarity, critical habitat, and diversity, and the social, economic, cultural and scientific attributes of the region surrounding the Jomard Entrancefootnote as well as its vulnerability to damage by international shipping activities and the steps taken by Papua New Guinea to address that vulnerability,

NOTING the Revised Guidelines for the Identification and Designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas, adopted by resolution A.982(24), as amended by resolution MEPC.267(68), (Revised PSSA Guidelines), and the Revised Guidance Document for Submission of PSSA Proposals to IMO set forth in MEPC.1/Circ.510,

HAVING AGREED that the criteria for the identification and designation of a PSSA provided in the revised PSSA Guidelines are fulfilled for the Jomard Entrance,

HAVING NOTED that the Jomard Entrance includes newly established routeing systems (four two-way routes and a precautionary area), adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee at its ninety-fourth session, as the Associated Protective Measures to improve the safety of navigation and the protection of the marine environment, and that these routeing systems entered into force on 1 June 2015,

1 DESIGNATES the region surrounding Jomard Entrance as defined in annex 1 to the present resolution as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area;

2 INVITES Member Governments to recognize the ecological, social, cultural, economic and scientific attributes of the Jomard Entrance area, set forth in annex 2 to the present resolution, as well as its vulnerability to damage by international shipping activities, as described in annex 3 to the present resolution;

3 FURTHER INVITES Member Governments to note the associated protective measures established to address the area's vulnerability, the details of which are set out in annex 4 to the present resolution.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.283(70) – Designation of the Jomard Entrance as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area – (Adopted on 28 October 2016)
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