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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82. Urges States, directly and through regional fisheries management
organizations or arrangements, to develop and adopt effective monitoring, control
and surveillance measures for trans-shipment, as appropriate, in particular at-sea
trans-shipment, in order to, inter alia, monitor compliance, to collect and verify
fisheries data, and to prevent and suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing activities, in accordance with international law and, in parallel, to encourage
and support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in
studying the current practices of trans-shipment and produce a set of guidelines for
this purpose;
83. 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 States as set out in
article 25 of the Agreement;
84. Encourages participation in the fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement
Training Workshop, to be held in San José from 17 to 21 February 2014, hosted by
the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheriesrelated Activities, in order to share information, experiences and technologies, foster
coordination and improve skills among enforcement officials;
85. 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
86. 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;
87. 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 without delay;
88. 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;
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