Ocean Governance Sample Clauses

Ocean Governance. 1. The Parties shall strengthen dialogue and cooperation on issues of ocean governance with a view to promoting long-term conservation and sustainable management of living marine resources and marine ecosystems. 2. The Parties shall enhance cooperation on the conservation, management and sustainable exploitation of marine living resources as defined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 (UNCLOS), adopted by the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982, and the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, adopted by FAO Conference Resolution No. 4/95 of 31 October 1995. The Parties undertake to cooperate in promoting the implementation of the objectives of the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of UNCLOS relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas. 3. The Parties furthermore agree to cooperate: (a) in promoting the implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; (b) with and within the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) or Arrangements to which they are members, observers, or cooperating non-contracting parties, with the aim of promoting the conservation and sustainable management of living marine resources and their ecosystems; (c) on the fight against IUU fishing and fishing related activities with comprehensive, effective and transparent measures, including by sharing experience, promoting capacity-building and exchanging information on IUU fishing activities, where appropriate, taking into account data confidentiality and domestic laws; (d) in promoting the fundamental principles and rights at work in the fishing and seafood sector and in the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention No. 188 of the International Labour Organization (ILO), done in Geneva on 30 May 2007; (e) on the development of sustainable and responsible marine aquaculture, including on the implementation of the objectives and principles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; (f) on the reduction of the pressures on the oceans, inter alia, through the fight against marine litter and pollution, including from land-based and ship-based sources as well as maritime human activities under international obligations applicable to the Parties, and through adaptation and mitigation mea...
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Ocean Governance. 1. The Parties shall strengthen ocean governance in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to ensure safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed oceans, reducing the pressures on oceans and seas and promoting the sustainable development of the blue economy and strengthening ocean knowledge. 2. The Parties shall ensure the conservation and sustainable management and use of living marine resources at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, particularly in the context of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs). 3. The Parties shall maintain or adopt initiatives to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including, where appropriate, the implementation of policies and measures to exclude IUU products from trade flows. They shall promote and effectively implement and enforce monitoring, control and surveillance measures, such as observer schemes, vessel-monitoring systems, fishing licences and authorisations, catch recording and reporting, transhipment control, inspections and port state control as well as associated measures to ensure compliance, including sanctions according to domestic regulations, aimed at the conservation of fish stocks and the prevention of overfishing. 4. The Parties agree to take the necessary steps to prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, to eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and to refrain from introducing such new subsidies, recognising that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for African developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation. 5. The Parties shall reduce the pressures on the oceans by protecting, preserving and restoring coastal and marine ecosystems, valorising marine and coastal natural capital and fighting marine pollution, including oil spills, the destruction of the seabed, noise pollution and marine litter, including plastics and micro-plastics from land- and sea-based sources. They shall support and strive for the regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from ships and shall actively support the urgent implementation of the Initial International Maritime Organization Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. They shall scale-up ocean and coastal clean-up operations...
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Ocean Governance. 1. The Parties recognise the increasing human pressures and their cumulative impacts on seas and oceans, and acknowledge their nature as an interconnected common good whose conservation, protection and governance is a shared responsibility that requires the collective and coordinated actions of stakeholders. The Parties reaffirm the universal and unified character of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the basis for national, regional and global action and cooperation in the marine and maritime sectors. 2. The Parties shall strengthen ocean governance and effectively address the increasing pressures on seas and oceans, which threaten marine ecosystems’ resilience and their contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 3. The Parties shall promote and improve the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems and the conservation and sustainable management of marine resources, including in areas beyond their respective jurisdiction, with a view to achieving healthy and productive oceans. They shall promote sustainable fisheries management at national, regional and global levels, by cooperating with relevant regional fisheries management organisations and by combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. The Parties shall promote the conservation of endangered aquatic species and actions to control pollution and marine litter as well as address the impacts of climate change, including ocean acidification. 4. The Parties shall promote the sustainable development of a blue economy with the aim of securing the oceans’ contribution to food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, creating job opportunities, and ensuring social equity and cultural well-being for current and future generations. 5. The Parties shall support the implementation of blue growth policies and strategies to promote an integrated ocean management that restores, protects and maintains the diversity, productivity, resilience, core functions and intrinsic value of marine ecosystems. 6. The Parties shall promote dialogue and cooperation on all aspects of ocean governance, including on matters related to climate change, sea-level rise and its possible effects and implications, seabed mining, fisheries, marine pollution and research and development.
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Ocean Governance. In order to ensure sustainable management and financing of the GCLME, the IGCC and later the GCC will promote and facilitate the evolving of innovative governance mechanisms and institutional framework. Participatory management arrangements, for example, joint management initiatives will be explored.
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Related to Ocean Governance

  • Governance (a) The HSP represents, warrants and covenants that it has established, and will maintain for the period during which this Agreement is in effect, policies and procedures: that set out a code of conduct for, and that identify the ethical responsibilities for all persons at all levels of the HSP’s organization; to ensure the ongoing effective functioning of the HSP; for effective and appropriate decision-making; for effective and prudent risk-management, including the identification and management of potential, actual and perceived conflicts of interest; for the prudent and effective management of the Funding; to monitor and ensure the accurate and timely fulfillment of the HSP’s obligations under this Agreement and compliance with the Enabling Legislation; to enable the preparation, approval and delivery of all Reports; to address complaints about the provision of Services, the management or governance of the HSP; and to deal with such other matters as the HSP considers necessary to ensure that the HSP carries out its obligations under this Agreement. (b) The HSP represents and warrants that: it has, or will have within 60 Days of the execution of this Agreement, a Performance Agreement with its CEO that ties a reasonable portion of the CEO’s compensation plan to the CEO’s performance; it will take all reasonable care to ensure that its CEO complies with the Performance Agreement; it will enforce the HSP’s rights under the Performance Agreement; and a reasonable portion of any compensation award provided to the CEO during the term of this Agreement will be pursuant to an evaluation of the CEO’s performance under the Performance Agreement and the CEO’s achievement of performance goals and performance improvement targets and in compliance with Applicable Law. “compensation award”, for the purposes of Section 9.3(b)(4) above, means all forms of payment, benefits and perquisites paid or provided, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a CEO who performs duties and functions that entitle him or her to be paid.

  • Ethics No officer, agent or employee of the Board is or shall be employed by Provider or has or shall have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in this Agreement or the compensation to be paid hereunder except as may be permitted in writing by the Board’s Code of Ethics, adopted May 25, 2011 (11-0525-PO2), as amended from time to time, which policy is hereby incorporated by reference into and made part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

  • Law Governing This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware (without reference to the conflict of laws rules or principles thereof).

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