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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and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in
which they participate;
35. Emphasizes the importance of those provisions of the Agreement relating
to bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in enforcement, and urges
continued efforts in this regard;
36. Urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21,
paragraph 4, thereof, to inform, either directly or through the relevant subregional or
regional fisheries management organization or arrangement, all States whose vessels
fish on the high seas in the same subregion or region of the form of identification
issued by those States parties to officials duly authorized to carry out boarding and
inspection functions in accordance with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;
37. Also urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21,
paragraph 4, thereof, to designate an appropriate authority to re ceive notifications
pursuant to article 21 and to give due publicity to such designation through the
relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement;
38. Invites regional fisheries management organizations and arrangement s
which have not yet done so to adopt procedures for high seas boarding and
inspection that are consistent with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement, including,
inter alia, those to ensure the safety of the crew and the inspectors;
39. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional
and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with competence
over discrete high seas fish stocks, to adopt the measures necessary to ensure the
long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of such stocks in
accordance with the Convention and consistent with the Code and the general
principles set forth in the Agreement;
40. Invites States to assist developing States in enhancing their participation
in regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, including by
facilitating access to fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish
stocks, in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 (b), of the Agreement, taking into
account the need to ensure that such access benefits the developing States concerned
and their nationals;
41. Urges States parties to the Agreement, directly or through regional
fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to take into account the
special requirements of developing States, including small island developing States
as highlighted in the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, in
giving effect to the duty to cooperate in the establishment of conservation and
management measures for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks,
including the need to ensure, where appropriate, in accordance with article 24,
paragraph 2 (c), of the Agreement, that such measures do not transfer a
disproportionate burden of conservation action onto developing Sta tes, and notes in
this regard ongoing efforts to better develop a common understanding of this
concept;
42. Calls upon States and international financial institutions and
organizations of the United Nations system to provide assistance according to
Part VII of the Agreement, including, if appropriate, the development of special
financial mechanisms or instruments to assist developing States, in particular the
least developed among them and small island developing States, to enable them to
develop their national capacity to exploit fishery resources, including developing
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