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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions
of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation
and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments
establishment of appropriate levels of catch and effort to mitigate their impact on
the ecosystem;
25. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to
consider the potential effects of genetically engineered fish species on the health
and sustainability of wild fish stocks and to provide guidance, consistent with the
Code, on minimizing harmful impacts in this regard;
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Implementation of the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the
Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly
Migratory Fish Stocks
26. Calls upon all States, and entities referred to in the Convention and in
article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, that have not done so to ratify or
accede to the Agreement and in the interim to consider applying it provisionally;
27. Calls upon States parties to the Agreement to effectively implement, as a
matter of priority, the provisions of the Agreement through their national legislation
and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in
which they participate;
28. Emphasizes the importance of those provisions of the Agreement relating
to bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in enforcement, and urges
continued efforts in this regard;
29. Urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21,
paragraph 4, thereof to inform, either directly or through the relevant subregional or
regional fisheries management organization or arrangement, all States whose vessels
fish on the high seas in the same subregion or region of the form of identification
issued by those States parties to officials duly authorized to carry out boarding and
inspection functions in accordance with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;
30. Also urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21,
paragraph 4, thereof to designate an appropriate authority to receive notifications
pursuant to article 21 and to give due publicity to such designation through the
relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement;
31. Invites regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements
which have not yet done so to adopt procedures for high seas boarding and
inspection that are consistent with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;
32. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional
and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with
competence over discrete high seas fish stocks, to adopt the necessary measures to
ensure the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of such stocks
in accordance with the Convention and consistent with the Code and the general
principles set forth in the Agreement;
33. Invites States to assist developing States in enhancing their participation
in regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, including by
facilitating access to fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish
stocks, in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 (b), of the Agreement, taking into
account the need to ensure that such access benefits the developing States concerned
and their nationals;
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