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9129. In the light of Article VI of the 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement,flag States should make available to FAO and, as appropriate, to other States andrelevant regional or international organizations, information about vesselsdeleted from their records or whose authorization to fish has been cancelled andto the extent possible, the reasons therefor.30. In order to facilitate cooperation and exchange of information, eachState and regional or international organization should nominate and publicizeinitial formal contact points.31. Flag States should consider entering into agreements or arrangementswith other States and otherwise cooperate for the enforcement of applicable lawsand conservation and management measures or provisions adopted at a national,regional or global level.Publicity32. States should publicize widely, including through cooperation withother States, full details of IUU fishing and actions taken to eliminate it, in amanner consistent with any applicable confidentiality requirements.Technical Capacity and Resources33. States should endeavour to make available the technical capacity andresources which are needed to implement the IPOA. This should include, whereappropriate, the establishment of special funds at the national, regional or globallevel. In this respect, international cooperation should play an important role.FLAG STATE RESPONSIBILITIESFishing Vessel Registration34. States should ensure that fishing vessels entitled to fly their flag do notengage in or support IUU fishing.35. A flag State should ensure, before it registers a fishing vessel, that itcan exercise its responsibility to ensure that the vessel does not engage in IUUfishing.36. Flag States should avoid flagging vessels with a history of noncomplianceexcept where:36.1 the ownership of the vessel has subsequently changed and the newowner has provided sufficient evidence demonstrating that the previous owner oroperator has no further legal, beneficial or financial interest in, or control of, thevessel; or
9236.2 having taken into account all relevant facts, the flag State determinesthat flagging the vessel would not result in IUU fishing.37. All States involved in a chartering arrangement, including flag Statesand other States that accept such an arrangement, should, within the limits oftheir respective jurisdictions, take measures to ensure that chartered vessels donot engage in IUU fishing.38. Flag States should deter vessels from reflagging for the purposes ofnon-compliance with conservation and management measures or provisionsadopted at a national, regional or global level. To the extent practicable, theactions and standards flag States adopt should be uniform to avoid creatingincentives for vessel owners to reflag their vessels to other States.39. States should take all practicable steps, including denial to a vessel ofan authorization to fish and the entitlement to fly that State’s flag, to prevent“flag hopping”; that is to say, the practice of repeated and rapid changes of avessel’s flag for the purposes of circumventing conservation and managementmeasures or provisions adopted at a national, regional or global level or offacilitating non-compliance with such measures or provisions.40. Although the functions of registration of a vessel and issuing of anauthorization to fish are separate, flag States should consider conducting thesefunctions in a manner which ensures each gives appropriate consideration to theother. Flag States should ensure appropriate links between the operation of theirvessel registers and the record those States keep of their fishing vessels. Wheresuch functions are not undertaken by one agency, States should ensure sufficientcooperation and information sharing between the agencies responsible for thosefunctions.41. A Flag State should consider making its decision to register a fishingvessel conditional upon its being prepared to provide to the vessel anauthorization to fish in waters under its jurisdiction, or on the high seas, orconditional upon an authorization to fish being issued by a coastal State to thevessel when it is under the control of that flag State.Record of Fishing Vessels42. Each flag State should maintain a record of fishing vessels entitled tofly its flag. Each flag State's record of fishing vessels should include, for vesselsauthorized to fish on the high seas, all the information set out in paragraphs 1and 2 of Article VI of the 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement, and may alsoinclude, inter alia:42.1 the previous names, if any and if known;
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iiiPREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENTThe
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vThe IPOA-IUU is voluntary. However
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viii6.2 Examples of some port State
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xiBACKGROUND1. From ancient times,
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xiii11. The Code is voluntary. Howe
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1. INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION - I
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3Since the late 1990s, a number of
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5(1) conducted by national or forei
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7flag States, coastal States and Po
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9In light of this, the very first
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11the vessels rarely if ever visit
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13For example, Japan requires its n
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15IUU fishing on the high seas. 27
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17end all forms of government econo
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19developing States, 36 have introd
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23registering a vessel that has a h
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25RFMOs have a role to play in ensu
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27FAO, in turn, will make available
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29species can be caught, what gear
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33cases, fishing vessels registered
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35light of this, paragraph 51 of th
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38transshipment at sea is prohibite
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Page 95 and 96: 82Greenpeace. 2001. Pirate Fishing:
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Page 127 and 128: 114Annex ACommon English Name Scien
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