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/72/72 Recalling the decision in its resolution 71/124 of 7 December 2016 to designate 2 May as World Tuna Day, Recalling also that, in “The future we want”, States were encouraged to give due consideration to implementing the Committee on World Food Security Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, Noting that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a global work programme on advancing knowledge on rights -based approaches for fisheries to improve governance of fisheries, and will organize the meeting entitled “Tenure and Fishing Rights 2018: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030”, to be held from 10 to 14 September 2018, Recalling the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, Recognizing the urgent need for action at all levels, relying on scientific advic e, to ensure the long-term sustainable use and management of fisheries resources through the wide application of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches, Expressing concern over the current and projected adverse effects of climate change on food security and the sustainability of fisheries, and noting in that regard the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme, Recalling the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, 3 and noting that it aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, including by increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience, Noting that the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea focused its discussions at its eighteenth meeting, held from 15 to 19 May 2017, on the effects of climate change on oceans, 4 Reaffirming its commitment to ensuring that conservation and management measures adopted by regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements are based on the best available scientific information, Taking note of the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations entitled The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2016, and expressing concern that 31.4 per cent of assessed marine fish stocks are estimated to be fished at a biologically unsustainable level and therefore overfished, Expressing its support for accelerating work to complete the ongoing negotiations in the World Trade Organization to strengthen disciplines on subsidies in the fisheries sector, including through the prohibition of certain forms of fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, Noting that the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization will be held in Buenos Aires from 10 to 13 December 2017, Concerned that only a limited number of States have taken measures to implement, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, __________________ 3 4 17-21818 See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex. See A/72/95. 3/38