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III. REGIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS OR ARRANGEMENTS

conservation and management of high seas fisheries

Sustainable fisheries management is essential for poverty reduction.

(f) Regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements this paper contained a detailed plan of work for regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements

Fisheries management bodies are in place for several of the fisheries which are now in trouble.

Enforcement of high seas fisheries, conservation and management measures

96. Various techniques have traditionally been part of fisheries management.

Large Oceans Management Areas provide the integrating framework, and that will include fisheries management renewal.

There must be continued development of recommended standards for the management of high seas fisheries and increased activity within the framework of subregional and regional fisheries organizations and commissions to adopt specific management regimes for their fisheries.

In many instances, conventional approaches to fisheries management need to improve.

A CONF.164 L.22 Comments on precautionary management of fisheries

13. Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes by strengthening the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

Within the broader framework of integrated coastal area management, the project addresses, in addition to fisheries management issues, the interrelationship between fisheries and other sectors of the coastal area.

7. Appeals to States and regional fisheries organizations, including regional fisheries management bodies and regional fisheries arrangements, to promote the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries within their areas of competence

13. Appeals to States and regional fisheries organizations, including regional fisheries management bodies and regional fisheries arrangements, to promote the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries within their areas of competence

They underlined the important role of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements.

The integrated fisheries management framework, including fishery plans, has been further developed.

V. COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF HIGH SEAS FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES

10. Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes by strengthening the recently established Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

8. Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes

(b) Welcome and urge efforts by regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to

The draft resolution also deals with the conservation and management of fisheries resources.

Such organizations must be able to develop and implement effective fisheries management regimes.

6. The members of SPFFA would therefore agree that participation in a regional or subregional fisheries management organization is only one method of fulfilling the obligation to cooperate in fisheries conservation and management.

This approach covers projects related to forestry, agro forestry, watershed management, desertification control, wildlife and protected area management and fisheries.

FAO offers guidance on the development of legal frameworks for more effective fisheries management and support for cooperation among fisheries and maritime control agencies.

The projects focus mainly on fisheries, water management, animal production and income generating activities.

We welcome various developments in Australia's region with respect to regional fisheries management organizations.

The draft resolution on sustainable fisheries is inspired by our common goal of establishing appropriate conservation and management measures to make fisheries a sustainable activity.

70. Participation in a subregional or regional fisheries commission or arrangement is one method of fulfilling the obligation to cooperate in fisheries conservation and management.

It is important to note that a fisheries organization has taken the lead in stressing the need to coordinate fisheries management and environmental protection efforts.

Noting the key and evolving role that subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements can play in ensuring effective and sustainable fisheries and ocean conservation and management, it was proposed that the General Assembly

In that effort, it is critical to develop country capacity for fisheries and oceans management.

We agree with those who believe that we must improve conventional methods of fisheries management.

This Declaration has other provisions relevant to the management and utilization of high seas fisheries.

These plans of action and the strategy have been developed within the framework of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries to enhance fisheries conservation and management by targeting particular aspects of management that need special attention.

The twenty sixth meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in March 2005 noted the particularly difficult challenge represented by the management of deep water demersal fisheries.

However, management of high seas fisheries is inadequate in many areas and some resources are overutilized.

It also considered the application of the precautionary approach by States to fisheries management and exploitation

That required the coordination of activities at the international level and the responsible management of fisheries.

In addition, the Mediterranean Regulation (10) already aims at an integrated ecosystem approach to fisheries management.

In the example of fisheries, management regimes for commercial fisheries can be shifted from effort control to transferable harvest quotas, defined as shares in the total allowable catch.

(c) Supporting ongoing and future negotiations to establish new regional or subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in areas where such bodies are not currently in place, and to strengthen existing subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements

In particular, the draft resolution continues to call upon States and regional fisheries management organizations to urgently take action to regulate bottom fisheries and the impacts of destructive fishing practices through the adoption of appropriate conservation and management measures.