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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
manage a comprehensive global record of fishing vessels, refrigerated transport
vessels and supply vessels, including with a unique vessel identifier system, using
the International Maritime Organization numbering system for fishing vessels above
100 gross register tonnage as a first step, and notes the outcomes achieved in this
regard at the thirtieth session of the Committee on Fisheries;
74. Requests States and relevant international bodies to develop, in
accordance with international law, more effective measures to trace fish and fishery
products to enable importing States to identify fish or fishery products caught in a
manner that undermines international conservation and management measures
agreed in accordance with international law, taking into account the special
requirements of developing States and the forms of cooperation with developing
States as set out in article 25 of the Agreement, and at the same time to recognize
the importance of market access, in accordance with provisions 11.2.4, 11.2.5 and
11.2.6 of the Code, for fish and fishery products caught in a manner that is in
conformity with such international measures;
75. Requests States to take the necessary measures, consistent with
international law, to help to prevent fish and fishery products caught in a manner
that undermines applicable conservation and management measures adopted in
accordance with international law from entering international trade;
76. Welcomes the ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations on the development of best practice guidelines for catch
documentation schemes and traceability, in accordance with its agreed terms of
reference and framework principles;
77. Encourages States to establish and undertake cooperative surveillance
and enforcement activities in accordance with international law to strengthen and
enhance efforts to ensure compliance with conservation and management measures,
and prevent and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
78. Urges States, directly and through regional fisheries management
organizations or arrangements, to develop and adopt effective monitoring, control
and surveillance measures for trans-shipment, as appropriate, in particular at-sea
trans-shipment, in order to, inter alia, monitor compliance, collect and verify
fisheries data, and to prevent and suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing activities, in accordance with international law and, in parallel, to encourage
and support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in
studying the current practices of trans-shipment and produce a set of guidelines for
this purpose;
79. Expresses its appreciation for financial contributions from States to
improve the capacity of the existing voluntary International Monitoring, Control and
Surveillance Network for Fisheries-Related Activities, and encourages States to join
and actively participate in the Network and to consider supporting, when
appropriate, its transformation in accordance with international law into an
international unit with dedicated resources to further assist Network members,
taking into account the forms of cooperation with developing States as set out in
article 25 of the Agreement;
80. Encourages participation in the fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement
Training Workshop, to be held in Costa Rica in 2014, supported by the International
Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries-Related Activities, in
order to share information, experiences and technologies, foster coordination and
improve skills among enforcement officials;
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