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48. Urges States, including those working through subregional or regional
fisheries management organizations and arrangements in implementing the
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, to
collect scientific data regarding shark catches and to consider adopting conservation
and management measures, particularly where shark catches from directed and nondirected fisheries have a significant impact on vulnerable or threatened shark stocks,
in order to ensure the conservation and management of sharks and their long-term
sustainable use, including by banning directed shark fisheries conducted solely for
the purpose of harvesting shark fins and by taking measures for other fisheries to
minimize waste and discards from shark catches, and to encourage the full use of
dead sharks;
49. Urges all States to cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations in order to assist developing States in implementing the
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,
including through voluntary contributions to work of the organization, such as its
FishCODE programme;
50. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in
consultation with relevant subregional or regional fisheries management
organizations or arrangements, to prepare a study relating to the impact on shark
populations of shark catches from directed and non-directed fisheries and their
impact on ecologically related species, taking into account the nutritional and socioeconomic considerations as reflected in the International Plan of Action for the
Conservation and Management of Sharks, particularly as they relate to small-scale,
subsistence and artisanal fisheries and communities, as well as updating Technical
Paper 389 of the Food and Agriculture Organization, entitled “Shark utilization,
marketing and trade”, in order to facilitate improved shark conservation,
management and utilization, and to report to the Secretary-General for inclusion in a
fisheries-related report as soon as practicable;
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Capacity-building
51. Reiterates the crucial importance of cooperation by States directly or, as
appropriate, through the relevant regional and subregional organizations, and by
other international organizations, including through financial and/or technical
assistance, in accordance with the Agreement, the Compliance Agreement, the Code
and the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, to increase the capacity of developing States
to achieve the goals and implement the actions called for in the present resolution;
52. Invites States and relevant intergovernmental organizations to develop
projects, programmes and partnerships with relevant stakeholders and mobilize
resources for the effective implementation of the outcome of the African Process for
the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment, and to
consider the inclusion of fisheries components in this work;
53. Also invites States and relevant intergovernmental organizations to
further implement sustainable fisheries management and improve financial returns
from fisheries by supporting and strengthening relevant regional fisheries
management organizations, as appropriate, such as the Caribbean Regional Fisheries
Mechanism and such agreements as the Convention on the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific;
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