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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
68. Encourages, in this regard, States and regional economic integration
organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifying, accepting, approving
or acceding to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 8 with a view to its early
entry into force;
69. 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;
70. 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;
71. Also notes, in this regard, the workshop held for the Caribbean region in
Port of Spain from 24 to 28 March 2014, and the convening of a workshop for the
South American region in Montevideo from 29 September to 3 October 2014, and a
workshop for the Western African region in the first half of 2015;
72. 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;
73. 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 arrangements to
consider developing open databases containing such data for the purpose of
enhancing the effectiveness of fisheries management;
74. 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
national measures applicable to vessels flying their flag to prevent such
trans-shipment;
75. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements, to adopt and implement internationally agreed
market-related measures in accordance with international law, including principles,
rights and obligations established in World Trade Organization agreements, as called
for in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;
76. Welcomes the ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations on the development of best-practice guidelines for catch
documentation schemes and traceability, in accordance with its agreed terms of
reference and framework principles;
77. Calls upon States to initiate, as soon as possible, work within the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the elaboration, in
accordance with international law, including the agreements established under the
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