Common use of Ocean Governance Clause in Contracts

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, paying particular attention to accumulation zones in ocean gyres. 6. The Parties shall take actions related to oceans that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 7. The Parties shall develop measures related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity on the basis of the best available scientific information. 8. The Parties recognise the general concerns raised about the impact of seabed mining on the marine environment and its biodiversity. They shall use the best available science, apply the precautionary principle and ecosystem approach, promote research and share best practices in fields of mutual interest related to seabed mineral resources, in order to ensure sound environmental management of activities for the protection and preservation of the marine environment and its biodiversity.

Ocean Governance. 1. The Parties shall strengthen ocean governance governance, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to ensure safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed oceans, reducing reduce the pressures on oceans and seas seas, and promoting promote the sustainable development of the blue economy economy. They shall cooperate to strengthen national and strengthening regional capacities to manage ocean knowledgeand coastal resources responsibly and accountably, develop measures for the sustainable use, management and conservation of marine biological diversity of areas within and beyond national jurisdiction, promote knowledge and research, and facilitate technology transfer on ocean governance. They shall take action related to oceans that contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 2. The Parties shall cooperate to 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 promote the sustainable development and management of fisheries resources through, inter alia, the adoption of necessary regulatory frameworks, enhanced management, compliance and enforcement capacities, improved access to finance, the promotion of best practices and the transfer of technology. They shall maintain or adopt initiatives to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including, including where appropriate, appropriate the implementation of policies traceability systems and measures to exclude IUU [UU products from trade flows. They shall promote and effectively implement and enforce monitoring, control and surveillance measuressurveillance, 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 related enforcement measures to ensure compliance, including sanctions according in order to domestic regulations, aimed at the conservation of conserve fish stocks and the prevention of prevent overfishing, in accordance with UNCLOS. 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 [UU 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 negotiationnegotiations and any subsequent agreement that might arise. 5. The Parties shall reduce the pressures on the oceans by protecting, preserving cooperate to preserve and restoring restore coastal and marine ecosystemsecosystems and their biodiversity, valorising and promote the valorisation of marine and coastal natural capital capital. They shall develop measures to prevent and fighting mitigate the impact of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity ecosystems, including coral reefs, on the sustainability of fisheries and on the livelihood of coastal communities that depend on marine resources. 6. The Parties shall tackle marine pollution, including oil spillsnoise pollution, and reduce marine debris, especially plastics and micro-plastics. They shall target the destruction root causes of the seabed, noise pollution and marine litter, including plastics through waste prevention and micro-plastics from land- management policies and sea-based sourcesmeasures. 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-scale up ocean and coastal clean-up operations, paying particular attention to accumulation zones in ocean gyres. 6. The Parties shall take actions related to oceans that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 7. The Parties shall develop measures support the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions reductions related to the maritime industry, and actively support the urgent implementation of the initial International Maritime Organization (IMO) strategy on reduction of emissions. 8. The Parties shall develop area-based conservation measures and sustainable use of management tools to protect and restore coastal and marine biodiversity areas and resources, including marine protected areas, in line with national and international law, and based on the basis of the best available scientific informationinformation and knowledge of local communities. 89. The Parties shall promote dialogue and cooperation on all aspects of ocean governance, including on matters related to sea-level rise and its possible effects and implications. 10. The Parties recognise the general concerns raised about the impact of seabed mining on the marine environment and its biodiversity. They shall use the best available science, apply the precautionary principle and an ecosystem approach, promote research and share best practices ptactices in fields of mutual interest related relating to seabed mineral resources, in order to ensure sound environmental management of activities for the protection and preservation of the marine environment and its biodiversity.