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
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capacity of developing States to achieve the goals and implement the actions called
for in the present resolution;
151. Welcomes the ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations in developing guidance on the strategies and measures required
for the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable small-scale fisheries, and
encourages studies for creating possible alternative livelihoods for coastal
communities;
152. Recalls that in “The future we want”, States recognized the importance of
building the capacity of developing countries to be able to benefit from the
conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and their resources, and in
this regard emphasized the need for cooperation in marine scientific research to
implement the provisions of the Convention and the outcomes of the major summits
on sustainable development, as well as for the transfer of technology, taking into
account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines
on the Transfer of Marine Technology;
153. Also recalls that in “The future we want”, States urged the identification
and mainstreaming by 2014 of strategies that further assist developing countries, in
particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, in
developing their national capacity to conserve, sustainably manage and realize the
benefits of sustainable fisheries, including through improved market access for fish
products from developing countries;
154. Encourages increased capacity-building and technical assistance by States,
international financial institutions and relevant intergovernmental organizations and
bodies for fishers, in particular small-scale fishers, in developing countries, and in
particular small island developing States, consistent with environmental
sustainability, in recognition of the fact that food security and livelihoods may
depend on fisheries;
155. Encourages the international community to enhance the opportunities for
sustainable development in developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, small island developing States and coastal African States, by encouraging
greater participation of those States in authorized fisheries activities being
undertaken within areas under their national jurisdiction, in accordance with the
Convention, by distant-water fishing nations in order to achieve better economic
returns for developing countries from their fisheries resources within areas under
their national jurisdiction and an enhanced role in regional fisheries management, as
well as by enhancing the ability of developing countries to develop their own
fisheries, as well as to participate in high seas fisheries, including access to such
fisheries, in conformity with international law, in particular the Convention and the
Agreement, and taking into account article 5 of the Code;
156. Requests distant-water fishing nations, when negotiating access
agreements and arrangements with developing coastal States, to do so on an
equitable and sustainable basis and to take into account their legitimate expectation
to fully benefit from the sustainable use of the natural resources of their exclusive
economic zones, to ensure that vessels flying their flag comply with the laws and
regulations of the developing coastal States adopted in accordance with international
law and to give greater attention to fish processing and fish-processing facilities
within the national jurisdiction of the developing coastal State to assist the
realization of the benefits from the development of fisheries resources and also to
the transfer of technology and assistance for monitoring, control and surveillance
and compliance and enforcement within areas under the national jurisdiction of the
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