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subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements,
other fisheries bodies, other relevant intergovernmental bodies and relevant
non-governmental organizations, in accordance with past practice, to attend the
ninth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement as
observers;
37. Reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations initiate arrangements with States for the collection and
dissemination of data on fishing in the high seas by vessels flying their flag at the
subregional and regional levels where no such arrangements exist;
38. Reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information
on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish
stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;
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Related fisheries instruments
39. Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of the
provisions of the Compliance Agreement,8 and urges continued efforts in this
regard;
40. Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article X, paragraph 1,
of the Compliance Agreement that have not yet become parties to that Agreement to
do so as a matter of priority and, in the interim, to consider applying it
provisionally;
41. Urges States and subregional and regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements to implement and promote the application of the
Code within their areas of competence;
42. Urges States to develop and implement, as a matter of priority, national
and, as appropriate, regional plans of action to put into effect the international plans
of action of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
43. Encourages the development of best practice guidelines for safety at sea
in connection with marine fisheries by the competent international organizations;
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
44. Emphasizes once again its serious concern that illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing remains one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems and
continues to have serious and major implications for the conservation and
management of ocean resources, and renews its call upon States to comply fully
with all existing obligations and to combat such fishing and urgently to take all
necessary steps to implement the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations;7
45. Urges States to exercise effective control over their nationals, including
beneficial owners, and vessels flying their flag, in order to prevent and deter them
from engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities or supporting
vessels engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, including
those vessels listed by regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements
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