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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
19. Encourages States, as appropriate, to cooperate in establishing nondetriment findings for shared stocks of marine species listed in appendices I and II
to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora,12 consistent with the concepts and non-binding guiding principles contained
in resolution Conf. 16.7 on non-detriment findings adopted by the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora at its sixteenth meeting, in 2013;
20. Urges States to eliminate barriers to trade in fish and fisheries products
which are not consistent with their rights and obligations under the World Trade
Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of the trade in fish and
fisheries products, particularly for developing countries;
21. Recalls that in “The future we want”, States committed themselves to
observing the need to ensure access to fisheries and the importance of access to
markets by subsistence, small-scale and artisanal fisherfolk and women fish
workers, as well as indigenous peoples and their communities, particularly in
developing countries, especially small island developing States;
22. Urges States and relevant international and national organizations to
provide for the participation of small-scale fishery stakeholders in related policy
development and fisheries management strategies in order to achieve long-term
sustainability for such fisheries, consistent with the duty to ensure the proper
conservation and management of fisheries resources, and encourages States to
consider promoting, as appropriate, participatory management schemes for smallscale fisheries in accordance with national laws, regulations and practices, as well as
the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the
Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations;
23. Encourages States, either directly or through competent and appropriate
subregional, regional or global organizations and arrangements, to analyse, as
appropriate, the impact of fishing for marine species corresponding to low trophic
levels;
24. Welcomes, in this regard, the initiation of further studies by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of the impact of industrial fishing
activities on species corresponding to low trophic levels;
25. 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;
26. 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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