The Question of Over and Unregulated Fishing

The first of 3 topics up for discussion on saturday:

I don't think this really applies to me, as Iraq has such a small coastline and almost no fishing fleet. Most of the ships that use Iraqs 1 seaport are oil freighters transporting petroleum to the world.

The Question of Over- and Unregulated Fishing
The General Assembly,
Recalling the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the
Convention”) and 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 Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (“the
Agreement”) and relevant resolutions 58/14 and 59/25,
Aware of Paragraph 28 of the Doha ministerial declaration, which commits World
Trade Organisation (WTO) members to clarifying and improving disciplines on fisheries
subsidies currently constituting twenty percent of total global fisheries revenue,
Cognisant of the link between the distortion of legal international fisheries trade,
including the reliance of the international fisheries industry on subsidies, and a failure of
States to adequately regulate illegal fishing,
Noting with concern the appeal made by the Minsters of Fisheries of the Food and
Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations in their 2005 Rome Declaration on Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing for States to implement the Declaration as a matter of
priority,
1. Calls upon all Member States to prohibit subsidies which directly or
indirectly go to any natural or legal person for the purpose of harvesting,
processing, transporting, marketing or the sale of fish and fisheries, except
for those that promote sustainable fisheries management;
2. Reaffirms the need for all Member States to undertake measures to curb
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by vessels flying “flags of
convenience” and to establish genuine links between States and fishing
vessels flying their flags;
3. Calls upon all Member States to prohibit vessels flying their flags to engage
in fishing on the high seas or in area under the national jurisdiction of any
State, unless duly authorised by that State, without having effective control
over their activities;
4. Supports Member States in taking all measures consistent with
international law necessary to prevent the operation of illegal, unreported
and unregulated fishing activities, including the apprehension of vessels
reasonably suspected to not be operating under effective control of
instruments of State consistent with international law;
5. Recommends that the ratification of the Declaration of the State whose flag
a vessel bears is considered in evaluating whether a vessel is operating
under relevant international law.