Governance frameworks Clause Samples

Governance frameworks. 3.1.1 States, acting as flag States, port States, coastal States or importing or exporting (market) States in conformity with the relevant rules of international law, in particular trade-related instruments, or when exercising jurisdiction over their nationals, should, with the advice of the competent fisheries management authority, contribute to the attainment of their objectives for the management of bycatch and reduction of discards. 3.1.2 States should establish and implement national policies, legal and institutional frameworks for the effective management of bycatch and the reduction of discards, including those measures agreed by RFMO/As in which they are members or participate as cooperating non-members. Governance and legal frameworks should enable, inter alia: (i) the application of an ecosystem approach to fisheries; (ii) the use of effective input controls and/or output controls especially in fisheries where bycatch and discards are a significant issue; (iii) as appropriate, the implementation of co-management and community-based management of fisheries to better manage bycatch and reduce discards; and (iv) the implementation of measures and actions set out in international conventions, internationally agreed guidelines and other international fisheries instruments, in order to manage bycatch and reduce discards.