The 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement is an essential contribution to the law of the sea as regards the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks.

Aquaculture on a larger scale was a good alternative for meeting the demand for, and removing pressure from, wild fish stocks.

I will focus on three main topics in my statement today the evaluation of the 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement, the sustainable management of living marine resources and protection of the marine environment, and maritime security.

The Review Conference of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement will be held next year to evaluate the effectiveness of the Agreement in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks.

Overfishing and depletion of fish stocks are threatening the sustainability of the fisheries sector.

Nigeria considers the forthcoming May 2006 review conference of the Fish Stocks Agreement to be of great importance for our efforts to manage fishery stocks.

Through the Agreement, States are obliged to cooperate in the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks.

With respect to the problem of stock management and fishing, we would like to emphasize the need to introduce stricter measures to limit the level of exploitation of most stocks.

Considering stocks for which information is available, overfishing appears widespread and the majority of stocks are fully exploited.

We strongly believe that all States should apply effective measures for the conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks in order to protect living marine resources and preserve the marine environment.

Fishing pressure on stocks is generally high.

The straddling fish stocks Agreement also makes that mechanism applicable to disputes concerning subregional, regional or global fisheries agreements relating to straddling or highly migratory fish stocks.

The Agreement provides a framework for the conservation and management of fish stocks in the high seas.

Recalling the importance of marine science in promoting the sustainable management of the oceans and seas, including in the assessment, conservation, management and sustainable use of fish stocks,

Noting the obligation of all States, pursuant to the provisions of the Convention, to cooperate in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks,

Noting the obligation of all States, pursuant to the provisions of the Convention, to cooperate in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks,

Noting the importance of the wide application of the precautionary approach to the conservation, management and exploitation of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, in accordance with the Agreement,

Top predators, medium level predators, as well as sub surface pelagic and deep sea resources, show similar trends.

MPAs offer the added advantage over subsidized industrial fishing by creating regions where the recovery of fish stock and endangered species could take place for less than the cost of subsidizing the global industrial fisheries.

The United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement is of paramount importance, as it strengthens considerably the framework for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks by regional fisheries management organizations.

Somalia has a 3,600 km coastline and some of the last wild fish stocks in the world.

At present there is no universal approach to determining biological criteria for an admissible level of stock exploitation.

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.

Because MPAs are a proven cost effective way to increase fish stocks, they would be a crucial complement to a moratorium on industrial longline fishing in the Pacific.

Recognizing the importance of the Agreement for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and the need for the regular consideration by the General Assembly of developments relating thereto,

The stocks of the Western and Central Pacific are a significant natural resource for Pacific coastal States.

Marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem that constitutes a serious threat to human health and safety, endangers fish stocks, marine biodiversity and marine habitats and has significant costs to local and national economies.

While close to 25 per cent of stocks are moderately or under exploited, 52 per cent of the stocks are fully exploited and 25 per cent of them are over exploited, depleted or recovering.

Ms. Yemi Oloruntuyi, expert in fishery product certification, Marine Stewardship Council

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In South Asia, mangroves, coastal forests and wetlands have declined in both surface area and in terms of their composition, and there is ample evidence that fish stocks and other endangered marine species are also declining or fast disappearing.

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Implementation of 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

New Zealand is a strong supporter of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement and urges wide participation in next year's review conference to assess the effectiveness of the Agreement in securing the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks.

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(c) Sustainable use and conservation of the marine living resources of the high seas United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

(c) Sustainable use and conservation of the marine living resources of the high seas United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

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My country had attached great importance to fisheries issues even before Ukraine became a party to the Fish Stocks Agreement.