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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
fisheries conducted solely for the purpose of harvesting shark fins and, where
necessary, to consider taking other measures, as appropriate, such as requiring that all
sharks be landed with each fin naturally attached;
27. Calls upon regional fisheries management organizations with the
competence to regulate highly migratory species to strengthen or establish
precautionary, science-based conservation and management measures, as appropriate,
for sharks taken in fisheries within their convention areas consistent with the
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks;
28. Encourages range States and regional economic integration organizations
that have not yet done so to become signatories to and implement the Memorandum
of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks under the Convention on
the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 11 and invites non-range
States, intergovernmental organizations and international and national nongovernmental organizations or other relevant bodies and entities to consider
becoming cooperating partners;
29. Encourages States, as appropriate, to cooperate in establishing nondetriment findings for shared stocks of marine species listed in appendices I and II to
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora, 10 consistent with the concepts and non-binding guiding principles contained in
resolution Conf. 16.7 on non-detriment findings, adopted by the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora;
30. Urges States to eliminate barriers to trade in fish and fisheries products
which are not consistent with their rights and obligations under the World Trade
Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of the trade in fish and
fisheries products, particularly for developing countries;
31. Recalls that, in “The future we want”, States committed themselves to
observing the need to ensure access to fisheries and the importance of access to
markets by subsistence, small-scale and artisanal fisherfolk and women fish workers,
as well as indigenous peoples and their communities, particularly in developing
countries, especially small island developing States;
32. Notes that the Committee on Fisheries encouraged the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to provide capacity-development and
technical support to small-scale fisheries, including by addressing socioeconomics,
gender dimensions, and post-harvest and data collection challenges in the sector;
33. 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 ensur e 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 Ag riculture
Organization of the United Nations;
34. 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 act ion,
dedicated working groups and other initiatives;
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