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 A/RES/71/123 52. Recalls paragraph 6 of resolution 56/13 of 28 November 2001, takes note of the report on the twelfth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement, and requests the Secretary-General to convene in 2018 a thirteenth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement; 53. Recalls that the resumed Review Conference in 2016 recommended that the informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement be dedicated, on an annual basis, to the consideration of specific issues arising from the implementation of the Agreement, with a view to improving understanding, sharing experiences and identifying best practices for the consideration of States parties, as well as the General Assembly and the Review Conference, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to invite States parties and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2(b), of the Agreement to propose specific issues to be considered at the thirteenth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement and bring those proposals to the attention of the informal consultations concerning the annual resolution of the Assembly on sustainable fisheries through its Coordinator; 54. Reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiate arrangements with States for the collection and dissemination of data on fishing in the high seas by vessels flying their flag at the subregional and regional levels where no such arrangements exist; 55. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken; III Related fisheries instruments 56. Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of the provisions of the Compliance Agreement, 9 and urges continued efforts in this regard; 57. Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article X, paragraph 1, of the Compliance Agreement that have not yet become parties to that Agreement to do so as a matter of priority and, in the interim, to consider applying it provisionally; 58. Urges States and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to implement and promote the application of the Code within their areas of competence; 59. Urges States to develop and implement, as a matter of priority, national and, as appropriate, regional plans of action to put into effect the international plans of action of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 60. Reiterates the importance of responding to the web-based questionnaire of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for monitoring the implementation of the Code and the international plans of action and strategies; 61. Encourages the development of best-practice guidelines for safety at sea in connection with marine fisheries by the competent international organizations; 62. Encourages States to consider signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implement ation of the 15/40