Fisheries By-Catch and Discards and Their Impact on the Sustainable Use of the World's Living Marine Resources

A/RES/49/118View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89 Environment and sustainable development, published in 1995.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Codes of Conduct Conferences Declarations Fishery Conservation Fishery Exploitation Fishery Management Living Marine Resources Sustainable Development Waste Management

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Notes the important role that fisheries play in contributing to a sustainable food supply and livelihood of present and future generations;

Believes that the issue of by-catch and discards in fishing operations warrants serious attention by the international community;

Also believes that a continued and effective response to the issue of addressing fisheries by-catch and discards is necessary so as to ensure the long-term and sustainable development of fisheries, taking into account the relevant principles contained in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development;⁵

⁵Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I and Vol. I/Corr.1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions Adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex I.

Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to formulate fisheries by-catch and discard provisions in its international code of conduct for responsible fishing, taking into account work being done elsewhere;

Invites the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks to elaborate fisheries by-catch and discard provisions, taking into account work being done elsewhere;

Invites relevant subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to review, within their respective competences, the impact of fisheries by-catch and discards on the sustainable use of living marine resources, taking into account, as appropriate, the relevant deliberations of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with respect to the international code of conduct for responsible fishing and the relevant deliberations of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks;

Decides to consider this question at its fiftieth session, under the item entitled "Environment and sustainable development".

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