A/RES/71/123 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 Assembly resolutions and guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 173. Welcomes, in this regard, the workshop convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, on the manage ment of deep-sea fisheries and vulnerable marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean, held in Rome from 18 to 20 July 2016; 174. Reaffirms the importance of paragraphs 80 to 90 of resolution 61/105, paragraphs 113 to 127 of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121 to 136 of resolution 66/68 addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks and the actions called for in those resolutions, and emphasizes the need for full implementation by all States and relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements of their commitments under those paragraphs on an urgent basis; 175. Urges States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure that their actions in sustainably managing deep -sea fisheries and implementing paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105, paragraphs 113 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution 66/68 are consistent with the Guidelines; 176. Recalls that nothing in the paragraphs of resolutions 61/105, 64/72, 66/68 and the present resolution addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems prejudices the sovereign rights of coastal States over their continental shelf or the exercise of the jurisdiction of coastal States with respect to their continental shelf under international law as reflected in the Convention, in particular article 77 thereof; 177. Notes in this regard the adoption by coastal States of conservation measures regarding their continental shelf to address the impacts of bott om fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems, as well as their efforts to ensure compliance with those measures; 178. Reiterates the importance of marine scientific research for the sustainable management of deep-sea fishery resources, including target fish stocks and non-target species, and to protect the marine ecosystem including, inter alia, the prevention of significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems; 179. Welcomes the important progress made by States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and those States participating in negotiations to establish a regional fisheries management organization or arrangement competent to regulate bottom fisheries to implement paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105, paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 126, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution 66/68 and address the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems, but notes with concern the uneven implementation of those provisions and that, in particular, bottom fishing continues to occur in certain areas beyond national jurisdiction without an impact assessment having been completed in the 10 years since the adoption of resolution 61/105, in which the General Assembly called for such assessments to be undertaken by 31 December 2008; 180. Calls upon, in this regard, States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with the competence to regulate deep -sea fisheries, and States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or 32/40