The objective of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Convention is to facilitate the implementation of certain provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 Convention) on the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. The Convention complements the 1993 FAO Convention on Promoting Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (1993 FAO Convention) and the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. With a view to the entry into force of the Agreement, the last session of the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Conference agreed to establish a preparatory conference, which began its work in April 2002. The objective was to establish the organizational and financial framework for the new Commission and its subsidiary bodies in order to ensure that the Commission could begin its activities effectively and with a minimum of delay. The conference also started with the collection and analysis of data on the state of fish stocks and recommended conservation and management measures if necessary. The next pre-hearing conference is scheduled for December 2004. The 1995 UN Fish Stocks Convention places regional fisheries management organisations in a central and central position with regard to its implementation; they are the main mechanism through which States should work together to improve the conservation and management of resources. Some REGIONAL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS whose mandate covers the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks have reviewed or are in the process of revising certain provisions of their respective conventions to ensure that they are in conformity with the Agreement. In some cases, substantial amendments to the Conventions have been proposed or introduced. Despite these developments, however, RFMOs address the practical aspects of implementing the Agreement, such as. B the application of the precautionary approach to fisheries management, the implementation of ecosystem management and transparency.

Overlapping stocks are fish stocks that pass through more than one exclusive economic zone or are in more than one exclusive economic zone. The agreement was adopted in 1995 and entered into force in 2001. [1] 1 The most recent list can be found on the United Nations fish stocks website. 2 States included Angola, Iceland, Korea (Republic), Namibia, Norway, South Africa, the United Kingdom (on behalf of St. Helena and its dependencies Tristan Da Cuhna and Ascension Island) and the United States of America. 3 The Party`s obligations under paragraph 6(a) require a Party to ensure that its nationals fishing in the Convention area and its industries comply with the provisions of the Convention. 4 These States included Australia, Canada, the Cook Islands, Micronesia, the Federated States of Fiji, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United States of America and Vanuatu. 5 In the United Nations system, Chinese Taipei is called Taiwan, Province of China.

Even before the entry into force of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Convention, States had participated individually and in cooperation with each other in a number of initiatives to promote the implementation of the Convention. Since 1995, some States have adopted new laws and/or regulations to ensure that they can exercise greater control by flag States over the activities of their flagships when operating on the high seas. Measures to strengthen these controls have gained momentum as international concerns about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have increased in international for a, including meetings of the United Nations, FAO and regional fisheries management organizations. The political will of States to address these and related conservation and management issues that undermine the work and effectiveness of regional fisheries was emphasized as essential to address the challenges posed by these IUU fishing problems. SeaFO will manage stocks that extend between the EEZ of coastal states and the adjacent high seas. Species under management may include alfonsino, orange roughy, armourhead, wreckfish and deep-sea pike. It will also manage a discrete stock of deep-sea red crabs, although discrete stocks are not subject to the provisions of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Convention. The management of the latter stocks is a logical and practical consequence of the characteristics of the geography of the region, the stocks and their distribution, as well as the requirements of fisheries management.

The Convention does not deal with the management of highly migratory stocks, as they are already under the management of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Highly migratory fish are a term that has its origin in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It refers to fish species that undertake ocean migrations and also have a wide geographical distribution, and generally refers to tuna and species resembling tuna, shark, marlin and swordfish. Straddling fish stocks are particularly vulnerable to overfishing due to inefficient management regimes and non-compliance by fisheries interests. The Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fisheries Resources in the South-East Atlantic, which paves the way for the establishment of SEAFO, was opened for signature on 20 April 2001. The objective is to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources in the Convention area through the effective implementation of the Convention. Negotiations on the establishment of ASEAN took place over a period of five years. The agreement aims to achieve this objective by creating a framework for cooperation in the conservation and management of these resources. It will carry out this task until the entry into force of the Convention and the full implementation of the administrative arrangements. The Interim Secretariat will conclude provisional arrangements for the authorization and notification of fishing vessels, the needs of vessels, as well as scientific monitoring and the collection of information in support of stock assessment. The main aspects of the SEAFO Convention are the establishment of a Commission, a Secretariat and a Compliance and Scientific Committee, the application of the precautionary approach, the obligations of the Party3, the obligations of the flag State, the obligations of the port State and the measures taken by a port State, monitoring, inspection, compliance and enforcement, decision-making, cooperation with other organisations, compatibility of conservation and the union of the European Union. management measures; Fishing opportunities, recognition of the special needs of developing countries in the region, non-Parties to the Convention, implementation and final provisions.

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