(f) Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Fishing is conducted along 300 km of shoreline, and women are heavily engaged in this activity, thanks to the combined efforts of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion Women and Childhood and the oversight department.

Back in Mauritania, he was a researcher at the Laboratory of Fisheries from 1974 to 1975, then head of the Laboratory of Fisheries in Nouadhibou and head of the department of oceanography and marine biology from 1976 to 1978.

It was also exploiting the rich fishing grounds within the territorial waters of Western Sahara by granting licences to States and companies to take large quantities of fish.

Some steps include implementing a strategic plan of activities to protect the environment of the Caspian Sea and developing national plans on the prevention of oil pollution, the increase of fish stocks, regulation of dangerous and toxic wastes and the prevention of transborder river pollution.

A Chief Executive Officer (Martin Collins) deals with policy matters and is Director of SGSSI Fisheries, responsible for the allocation of fishing licences.

We worked with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to grow endangered frogs the Oregon spotted frog for later release into protected wetlands.

Today, the depletion of ocean fisheries is so significant that effectively it is effecting the ability of the poor, the artisanal fisher folk and those who fish for their own livelihoods, to feed their families.

The bycatch data is extrapolated from reported Hawaiian longline bycatch by U.S. NOAA Fisheries.

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.

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

For example, many small island developing States considered that better understanding of the impact of climate change on the ENSO phenomenon and its effect on pelagic fishery resources (mainly the tuna fishery) would enable better planning and management.

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.

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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.

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.

As for aquatic fauna, fish varieties are found in abundance.

We welcome the review of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement.

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,

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.

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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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,

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.

Economies, both crisis stricken and thriving, are failing to eliminate poverty, improve the provision of public services like education, and maintain and allocate collective goods, such as fish stocks and rain forests, effectively and equitably.

When the industrial longline vessels deplete the local fisheries and move their operations that once provided a payoff to individual nations, local communities are left with the crisis of trying to feed their families and communities from badly damaged marine ecosystems.

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.

28. Also requests the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to 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

Many regional fisheries councils and national governments inadequately report bycatch or do not have observers aboard to monitor let alone require fishers to implement bycatch mitigation gear or strategies.

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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,

According to data of the Directorate of Fishery Applications Fishery Production Input of the Ministry of Agriculture, women's employment in processing fishery products for the years 2001 2003, is shown in the following table

The precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach are fundamental to the conservation and management of fishing resources.

Percentages, per gender, of the employed in Fishery, 2001

Employed in Fishery, per gender and conditions of employment, 2001

Percentages, per gender, of the employed in Fishery, 2002

Percentages, per gender, of the employed in Fishery, 2003

Employees per gender and conditions of employment in Fishery, 2003

Source Directorate of Fishery Applications Fishery Production Input, Ministry of Agriculture

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56 13. 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

57 143. 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

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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