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
89. Also notes, in this regard, the regional workshops convened by the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on implementing the Agreement
on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and
Unregulated Fishing;
90. 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;
91. 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 arrangements to
consider developing open databases containing such data for the purpose of enhancing
the effectiveness of fisheries management;
92. 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;
93. 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;
94. Welcomes the adoption by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations at its fortieth session of the Voluntary Guidelines
for Catch Documentation Schemes, 22 encourages work to increase awareness of the
Guidelines, and encourages States and relevant stakeholders to implement the
Guidelines when developing catch documentation schemes and to use them as a
reference in related activities, with special attention to the prevention, deterrence and
elimination of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
95. Encourages information-sharing regarding emerging market- and traderelated measures by States and other relevant actors with appropriate international
forums, given the potential implications of these measures for all States, consistent
with the established plan of work of the Committee on Fisheries, and takin g into
account the Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fish Trade of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
96. Acknowledges the development of participatory surveillance activities at
sea involving fishing communities in West Africa as a cost-effective way of detecting
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
97. Notes the concern expressed by the Committee on Fisheries at the
proliferation of private standards and ecolabelling schemes potentially leading to the
creation of trade barriers and restrictions, and also notes the work by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to develop an evaluation framework
to assess the conformity of public and private ecolabelling schemes through the
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