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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
100. Expresses its appreciation for financial contributions from States to
improve the capacity of the existing voluntary International Monitoring, Control and
Surveillance Network for Fisheries-related Activities, and encourages States to join
and actively participate in the Network and to consider supporting, when
appropriate, its transformation in accordance with international law into an
international unit with dedicated resources to further assist Network members,
taking into account the forms of cooperation with developing S tates as set out in
article 25 of the Agreement;
101. Encourages participation in the fifth Global Fisheries Enforcement
Training Workshop, to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in March 2016, hosted by
the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillanc e Network for Fisheriesrelated Activities, in order to share information, experiences and technologies, foster
coordination and improve skills among enforcement officials;
102. Encourages States, individually and through relevant international
bodies, to improve the understanding of the causes and impacts of forced labour and
human trafficking in the fishing and aquaculture industries, including processing
and related industries, and to further consider actions to combat these practices,
including raising awareness of the issue;
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Fishing overcapacity
103. Calls upon States to commit themselves to urgently reducing the capacity
of the world’s fishing fleets to levels commensurate with the sustainability of fish
stocks, through the establishment of target levels and plans or other appropriate
mechanisms for ongoing capacity assessment, while avoiding the transfer of fishing
capacity to other fisheries or areas in a manner that undermines the sustainable
management of fish stocks, including those areas where fish stocks are
overexploited or in a depleted condition, and recognizing in this context the
legitimate rights of developing States to develop their fisheries for straddling fish
stocks and highly migratory fish stocks consistent with article 25 of the Agreement,
article 5 of the Code and paragraph 10 of the International Plan of Action for the
Management of Fishing Capacity of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations;
104. Reiterates its call upon States, individually and through regional fisheries
management organizations and arrangements, to ensure that the urgent actions
required in the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity
are undertaken expeditiously and that its implementation is facilitated withou t
delay;
105. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to
report on the state of progress in the implementation of the International Plan of
Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity, as provided for in paragraph 48 of
the Plan of Action;
106. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional
and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with
competence to regulate highly migratory species, urgently to address global fishing
capacity for tunas, inter alia, in a way that recognizes the legitimate rights of
developing States, in particular small island developing States, to participate in and
benefit from such fisheries, taking into account the recommendations of the 2010
Joint Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations International Workshop
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