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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
to effectively control all fishing vessels flying their flag, as required by international
law, or otherwise stop open registry for fishing vessels;
59. Recognizes the need for enhanced port State measures to combat illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing, and urges States to cooperate, in particular at
the regional level and through subregional and regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements, to adopt all necessary port measures, consistent
with international law taking into account article 23 of the Agreement, and to further
promote the development and application of standards at the regional level;
60. Encourages, in this regard, States and regional economic integration
organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifying, accepting, approving
or acceding to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing8 with a view to its early entry into force;
61. Recalls that in “The future we want”, States that have signed the
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing were called upon to expedite procedures for its
ratification with a view to its early entry into force;
62. Encourages strengthened collaboration between the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization,
taking into account the respective competencies, mandates and experience of the two
organizations, to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, particularly in
improving the implementation of flag State responsibilities and port State measures;
63. Encourages States, with respect to vessels flying their flag, and port
States, to make every effort to share data on landings and catch quotas, and in this
regard encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to
consider developing open databases containing such data for the purpose of
enhancing the effectiveness of fisheries management;
64. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure that vessels
flying their flag do not engage in trans-shipment of fish caught by fishing vessels
engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, through adequate regulation,
monitoring and control of trans-shipment of fish at sea, including through additional
national measures applicable to vessels flying their flag to prevent such
trans-shipment;
65. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements, to adopt and implement internationally agreed
market-related measures in accordance with international law, including principles,
rights and obligations established in World Trade Organization agreements, as called
for in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;
66. Encourages information-sharing regarding emerging market- and traderelated measures by States and other relevant actors with appropriate international
forums, given the potential implications of these measures for all States, consistent
with the established plan of work of the Committee on Fisheries, and taking into
account the Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fish Trade of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
67. Notes the concern expressed by the Committee on Fisheries at its
thirtieth session at the proliferation of private standards and ecolabelling schemes
potentially leading to the creation of trade barriers and restrictions, and also notes
the ongoing work by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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