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/70/75
28. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to
consider the potential effects of genetically engineered fish species on the health
and sustainability of wild fish stocks and on the biodiversity of the aquatic
environment and to provide guidance, consistent with the Code, on minimizing
harmful impacts in this regard;
29. Also invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, in consultation with other relevant international organizations, including
the International Maritime Organization, to promote awareness and cooperation to
develop and strengthen capacity to prevent, minimize and mitigate the adverse
impacts of invasive alien species on biodiversity, including fish stocks;
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Implementation of 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
30. Calls upon all States, and entities referred to in the Convention and in
article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, that have not done so to ratify or
accede to the Agreement and in the interim to consider applying it provisionally;
31. Notes the round-table discussion convened by the Secretary-General
during the eleventh round of informal consultations of States parties to the
Agreement, on 17 March 2015, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the
opening for signature of the Agreement;
32. Calls upon States parties to the Agreement to effectively implement, as a
matter of priority, the provisions of the Agreement through their national legisla tion
and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in
which they participate;
33. Emphasizes the importance of those provisions of the Agreement relating
to bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in enforcement, and urg es
continued efforts in this regard;
34. 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;
35. Also urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21,
paragraph 4, thereof, to designate an appropriate authority to receive notifications
pursuant to article 21 and to give due publicity to such designation through the
relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement;
36. Invites regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements
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;
37. 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
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