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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
within the mandate of the implementing agency, should be met from voluntary
contributions;
32. 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 small scale 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;
33. Welcomes action taken by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations and a number of regional organizations to support the implementation
of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small -scale Fisheries in the
Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication through regional plans of action,
dedicated working groups and other initiatives;
34. 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;
35. 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;
36. 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;
37. 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
38. Welcomes the most recent accessions to the Agreement, and 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;
39. Calls upon States parties to the Agreement to effectively implement, as a
matter of priority, the provisions of the Agreement through their na tional legislation
and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in which
they participate;
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