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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
to effectively control all fishing vessels flying their flag, as required by international
law, or otherwise stop open registry for fishing vessels;
71. Encourages States, either directly or through competent and appropriate
subregional, regional or global organizations and arrangements, to consider adopting
rules, consistent with international law, to ensure that chartering arrangements and
practices related to fishing vessels enable compliance with and enforcement of
relevant conservation and management measures, so as not to undermine efforts to
combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
72. Recognizes the need for enhanced port State measures to combat illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing, and urges States to cooperate, in particular at
the regional level and through subregional and regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements, to adopt all necessary port measures, consistent
with international law taking into account article 23 of the Agreement, and to further
promote the development and application of standards at the regional level;
73. Encourages, in this regard, States and regional economic integration
organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifyi ng, accepting, approving
or acceding to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 5 with a view to its early
entry into force;
74. Recalls that in “The future we want”, States that have signed the
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing were called upon to expedite procedures for its
ratification with a view to its early entry into force;
75. Notes the capacity development programme of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations to assist developing countries in strengthening
and harmonizing port State measures, including through bilateral, subregional
and/or regional coordination;
76. Also notes, in this regard, the workshops held for the Caribbean region in
Port of Spain from 24 to 28 March 2014, for the South American region in
Montevideo from 29 September to 3 October 2014, for North West Indian Ocean
States in Colombo from 1 to 5 June and for the western coast of the African
continent in Praia from 20 to 24 July 2015;
77. Encourages strengthened collaboration between the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization,
taking into account the respective competencies, mandates and experience of the
two organizations, to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing,
particularly in improving the implementation of flag State responsibilities and port
State measures;
78. Also encourages States, with respect to vessels flying their flag, and port
States, to make every effort to share data on landings and catch quotas, and in this
regard encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrange ments to
consider developing open databases containing such data for the purpose of
enhancing the effectiveness of fisheries management;
79. Calls upon States to take all measures necessary to ensure that vessels
flying their flag do not engage in trans-shipment of fish caught by fishing vessels
engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, through adequate regulation,
monitoring and control of trans-shipment of fish at sea, including through additional
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