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Article 16 



notification by the depositary 



The Depositary shall notify all signatory and acceding States of the 

 following : 



(a) signatures of this Convention, the deposit of instruments 

 of ratification, acceptance or accession and notices of withdrawal ; 



(b) the date of entry into force of this Convention and of any 

 amendments to it or its Annex. 



Article 16 



CERTiriED copies AND REGISTRATION 



(1) This Convention, done in the English, French, Russian and 

 Spanish languages, each version being equally authentic, shall be de- 

 posited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which shall transmit duly certi- 

 fied copies thereof to all signatory and acceding States. 



(2) This Convention shall be registered by the Depositary pursuant 

 to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized, have 

 signed this Convention. 



ANNEX 



1. Permissible Catch 



The Contracting Parties shall in any one year, which shall run from 

 1 July to 80 June inclusive, restrict the total number of seals of each ' 

 species killed or captured to the numbers specified below. These num- 

 bers are subject to review in the light of scientific assessments. 



(a) in the case of Crabeater seals Lohodon carcinophaque 

 175,000^ 



(b) m the case of Leopard seals Hydrurga U^itonyse 12,000 



(c) in the case of Weddell seals Leptoi^ychotos weddeJIi, 5,000 



2. Protected Species 



(a) It is forbidden to kill or capture Ross seals Ommatophoca 

 rossi, Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina, or fur seals of 

 the genus Arctocephalus. 



(b) In order to protect the adult breediiig stock during the pe- 

 riod_ when it is most concentrated and vulnerable, it is forbidden 

 to kill or capture nny Weddell seal Leptonychotus weddelU one 

 year old or older between 1 September and 31 January inclusive. 



3. Closed Season and Sealing Season 



The period between 1 March and 31 August 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 Seal- 

 ing Season. 



4. Sealing Zones 



Each of the sealing zones listed in this paragraph shall be closed 

 in numerical sequence to all sealing operations for the seal species 



