United Nations General Assembly Resolution 51 - 36 on Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction, and Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, New York, 1997

Done at New York 27 November 1997

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GENERAL

A/RES/52/28

26 January 1998

Fifty-second session

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 47/192 of 22 December 1992, concerning the United Nations Conference on

Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and resolutions 50/24 of 5 December 1995

and 51/35 of 9 December 1996, concerning the 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

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 and review of

developments relating thereto,

Recognizing also the importance of artisanal and subsistence fishers,

Noting with appreciation the information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, international

organizations, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in accordance with

resolution 51/35,

Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and

ensuring the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks;

Agreement;

that have not done so to ratify or accede to it and to consider applying it provisionally;

when signing, ratifying or acceding to the Agreement are consistent with articles 42 and 43 of the Agreement;

migratory fish stocks have been subject to heavy and little-regulated fishing efforts and that some stocks

continue to be overfished;

subregional fishery management organizations and arrangements, have adopted legislation, established

regulations or taken other measures to implement the provisions in the Agreement, and urges them to enforce

those measures fully,

and arrangements that have not done so to consider taking measures to implement the provisions of the

Agreement;

and non-governmental organizations that have not yet done so to provide information to the Secretary-General

to ensure as comprehensive a report as possible;

biennially thereafter on further developments relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish

stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, including the status and implementation of the Agreement, taking

into account information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, in particular the Food and

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and other appropriate organs, organizations and programmes

of the United Nations system, regional and subregional organizations and arrangements for the conservation

and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, as well as other relevant

intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations;

and instruments is effectively coordinated and duplication of activities and reporting minimized, and that

relevant scientific and technical studies are disseminated to the international community, and invites the

relevant specialized agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as well

as regional and subregional fishery organizations and arrangements, to cooperate with the Secretary-General

to that end;

"Oceans and law of the sea", the sub-item entitled "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".