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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
vessels from accessing their ports followed by a report to the flag State concerned,
when there is clear evidence that they are or have been engaged in or have supported
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, or when they refuse to give informati on
either on the origin of the catch or on the authorization under which the catch has
been made;
77. Reaffirms paragraph 53 of its resolution 64/72 with regard to eliminating
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by vessels flying “flags of convenience”
and requiring that a “genuine link” be established between States and fishing vessels
flying their flags, and urges States operating open regis try to effectively control all
fishing vessels flying their flag, as required by international law, or otherwise stop
open registry for fishing vessels;
78. Notes the challenges posed by vessels determined under international law
to be without nationality that are fishing on the high seas and that such vessels are
engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities as defined under
the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported
and Unregulated Fishing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, and encourages States to take necessary measures where appropriate,
consistent with international law, including enacting domestic legislation, in order to
prevent and deter vessels without nationality from engaging in or supporting illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing;
79. Encourages States, either directly or through competent and appropriate
subregional, regional or global organizations and arrangements, to consider adopting
rules, consistent with international law, to ensure that chartering arrangements and
practices related to fishing vessels enable compliance with and enforcement of
relevant conservation and management measures, so as not to undermine efforts to
combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
80. Recognizes the need for enhanced port State measures to combat illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing, and urges States to cooperate, in particular at
the regional level and through subregional and regional fisheri es management
organizations and arrangements, to adopt all necessary port measures, consistent
with international law taking into account article 23 of the Agreement, and to further
promote the development and application of standards at the regional level ;
81. Welcomes the entry into force of the Agreement on Port State Measures
to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on
5 June 2016, 10 and encourages States and regional economic integration
organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifying, accepting, approving
or acceding to the Agreement;
82. Notes the capacity development programme of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations aimed at facilitating and supporting the
implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and related instruments,
which contributes to the development of national capacity of both parties and
non-parties, including the strengthening of the institutional, operational and
enforcement capacity of developing States with a view to maximizing the benefits
of its implementation;
83. Also notes, in this regard, the regional workshops convened by the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on implementing the Agreement
on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and
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