Ocean Governance Clause Samples

The Ocean Governance clause establishes the framework for managing and regulating activities within oceanic or maritime zones covered by the agreement. It typically outlines the responsibilities of parties regarding the sustainable use of marine resources, compliance with environmental standards, and cooperation in monitoring and enforcement. By setting clear rules and expectations, this clause helps prevent disputes, promotes environmental stewardship, and ensures that all parties act in accordance with agreed-upon principles for the shared use and protection of ocean spaces.
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 marine living 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 (UNCLOS), adopted by the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982, and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (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 FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted in Rome on 24 November 1993, and the UN 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, adopted in New York on 4 August 1995. 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 fishing, adopted in Rome on 22 November 2009; (b) with and within the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations or Arrangements to which they are members, observers, or cooperating non-contracting parties, with the aim of promoting the conservation and sustainable management of marine living resources and their ecosystems; (c) on the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fishing-related activities with comprehensive, effective and transparent measures, including by sharing experiences, promoting capacity-building and exchanging information on IUU fishing activities, where appropriate, taking into account data confidentiality and national laws; (d) in promoting the fundamental principles and rights at work in the fishing and seafood sector and in the implementation of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention No. 188, adopted 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 ocea...
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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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