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Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 3/32)
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of and in a manner consistent with the Convention.

PART II

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRADDLING
FISH STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH
STOCKS

Article 5

General principles

 In order to conserve and manage straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, coastal States and States fishing on the high seas shall, in giving effect to their duty to cooperate in accordance with the Convention:

 (a) adopt measures to ensure long‑term sustainability of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and promote the objective of their optimum utilization;

 (b) ensure that such measures are based on the best scientific evidence available and are designed to maintain or restore stocks at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, as qualified by relevant environmental and economic factors, including the special requirements of developing States, and taking into account fishing patterns, the interdependence of stocks and any generally recommended international minimum standards, whether subregional, regional or global;
 (c) apply the precautionary approach in accordance with article 6;

 (d) assess the impacts of fishing, other human activities and environmental factors on target stocks and species belonging to the same ecosystem or associated with or dependent upon the target stocks;

 (e) adopt, where necessary, conservation and management measures for species belonging to the same ecosystem or associated with or dependent upon the target stocks, with a view to maintaining or restoring populations of such species above levels at which their reproduction may become seriously threatened;

 (f) minimize pollution, waste, discards, catch by lost or abandoned gear, catch of non‑target species, both fish and non‑fish species, (hereinafter referred to as non‑target species) and impacts on associated or dependent species, in particular endangered species, through measures including, to the extent practicable, the development and use of selective, environmentally safe and cost‑effective fishing gear and techniques;

 (g) protect biodiversity in the marine environment;

 (h) take measures to prevent or eliminate overfishing and excess fishing capacity and to ensure that levels of fishing effort do not exceed those commensurate with the sustainable use of fishery resources;

 (i) take into account the interests of artisanal and subsistence fishers;

 (j) collect and share, in a timely manner, complete and accurate data concerning fishing activities on, inter alia, vessel position, catch of target and non‑target species and fishing effort, as set out in Annex I, as well as information from national and international research programmes;

 (k) promote and conduct scientific research and develop appropriate technologies in support of fishery conservation and management; and

 (l) implement and enforce conservation and management measures through effective monitoring, control and surveillance.

Article 6

Application of the precautionary approach

1. States shall apply the precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of straddling fish stocks and