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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160. Also welcomes the substantial ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations related to the management of deep-sea fisheries
in the high seas and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, and urges
States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure
that their actions in sustainably managing deep-sea fisheries and implementing
paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105, paragraphs 113 and 119 to 124 of
resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution 66/68
are consistent with the Guidelines;
161. Affirms the importance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations continuing to undertake work pursuant to paragraphs 135 and 136 of
resolution 66/68 as part of its ongoing programme for deep-sea fisheries, and notes
in particular the support provided by that Organization to States in implementing the
Guidelines and its development of a database on vulnerable marine ecosystems;
162. Recalls its decision in paragraph 137 of resolution 66/68 to conduct a
further review of the actions taken by States and regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements in response to paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124
of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 126, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution
66/68, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of the measures therein and
to make further recommendations, where necessary, recognizes the value of
preceding such a review with a two-day workshop as in 2011, and decides to
conduct such a review in 2016;
163. Requests the Secretary-General to convene, with full conference services,
without prejudice to future arrangements, a two-day workshop in the second half of
2016 in order to discuss implementation of paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of
resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 126, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution
66/68, and to invite States, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations and other relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes, subregional
and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, other fisheries
bodies, other relevant intergovernmental bodies and relevant non-governmental
organizations and relevant stakeholders, in accordance with United Nations practice,
to attend the workshop;
164. Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report similar in scope,
length and detail to his report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, 24 in
cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and
with the assistance of an expert consultant to be hired by the Division to provide
information and analysis on relevant technical and scientific issues to be covered in
the report, for consideration by the Assembly at its seventy-first session, on the
actions taken by States and regional fisheries management organizations and
arrangements in response to paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72
and paragraphs 121, 126, 129, 130 and 132 to 134 of resolution 66/68, and invites
States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to
consider making such information publicly available;
165. Notes that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
held a regional workshop on vulnerable marine ecosystems in the North Pacific
Ocean, in Tokyo, from 11 to 13 March 2014;
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