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nutrition and conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for
sustainable development, and fulfil the decent work goal for all by 2030;
(r)
Fully implement the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable
Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, which
recognize the role of small-scale fisheries as a more sustainable source of income for
many people than industrial fisheries, including by limiting catches;
(s)
Take drastic measures to prevent overfishing as well as illegal,
unregulated and unreported fishing by developing and protecting fish sanctuaries,
with the consent of and in cooperation with the affected indigenous and coastal
communities;
(t)
Adopt measures to prevent, limit and combat the waste and discard of
captured fish, marine and water pollution and environmental damage affecting the
ecosystem and marine biodiversity, including as a result of intensive aquaculture, and
more generally strengthen measures to limit climate change.
84.
International organizations, including ILO, FAO, the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, should:
(a)
Continue to develop policy recommendations and guidance for States on
the protection of fishery workers globally, paying particular attention to the
implementation of legally binding norms, and strengthen their data collection about
small-scale fisheries, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, including on human
rights abuses and violations committed in the fisheries sector;
(b)
Work towards increasing transparency on supply chains and guiding the
private sector on how to implement and maintain responsible work practices;
(c)
Develop binding or voluntary regulatory mechanisms for commercial
fishing and aquaculture similar to the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable
Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.
85.
Private actors in the fisheries sector should:
(a)
Ensure that wages and working conditions for fishery workers improve
as global supply chains continue to expand;
(b)
Take proactive measures to eliminate exploitative working conditions
and to implement protections consistent with international law;
(c)
Consider providing funding support for third-party audits to increase
transparency and to reveal patterns of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and
worker exploitation.
86.
Consumers of fish and fish products should:
(a)
Diversify purchases to include fish and fish products that are in lower
demand and are not associated with illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
practices and exploitative working conditions;
(b)
Seek out opportunities to purchase fish and fish products directly from
fishers, cooperatives or suppliers with more transparent and less expansive supply
chains.
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