Examples of using Vmes in English and their translations into Arabic
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In application of the precautionary approach, it had extended protection of VMEs to surrounding areas, by requiring fishing vessels to move at least five nautical miles from the location of these VMEs.
to resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 to address the impacts of bottom fisheries on VMEs and the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks.
its impact assessment and related conservation measures had minimized adverse impacts on VMEs.
Other States have implemented conservation and management measures, on the basis of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, to prevent significant adverse impacts of deep-sea fisheries on VMEs and associated marine biodiversity.
In addition, FAO was developing a project proposal that would allow it to take a lead role in coordinating a central database on fisheries and VMEs in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Those States participating in negotiations for the establishment of new international fishing agreements have adopted interim measures and established scientific procedures to protect VMEs and ensure the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks.
CCAMLR would subsequently take into account the advice and recommendations provided by the Scientific Committee concerning bottom fishing activities before adopting conservation measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on VMEs.
The European Community reported that it supported the closures of VME areas identified by the NAFO Joint Working Group Meeting of Fisheries Managers and Scientists on VMEs, held in March 2009.
research programmes were in progress, in particular, with a view to identifying VMEs and to better understanding the impact of fishing on VMEs. .
In addition, since its fishing vessels used bottom line fishing gear in the area, which had less impacts on VMEs than trawl fisheries, it did not
The interim measures also addressed the need for participants to cooperate in identifying, on the basis of the best available scientific information, VMEs in the area and to map sites where those ecosystems were located, and to provide such data and information to the interim secretariat of SPRFMO for circulation to all participants.
The United States had taken significant actions, principally through its regional fisheries management councils, to protect VMEs from destructive fishing practices, including by designating essential fish habitats, habitat areas of particular concern, national marine sanctuaries, and no-take reserves.
FAO reported that initial work supporting the creation of a global database on VMEs in areas beyond national jurisdiction had been undertaken in the current project dealing with deep-sea fisheries, though such a database was not part of the original project activities.
Cambodia participated in the UNEP-GEF programme," Reversing environmental degradation trends in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand", which supported the study of the impact of fisheries on VMEs, and was instrumental in mapping and assessing VMEs in Cambodia ' s ecosystems such as coral reefs, sea grass beds and mangroves.
In this respect, Palau noted that the impact assessment acknowledged that bottom trawling was likely to cause significant adverse impacts to fish stocks and VMEs and that the proposed mitigation measures were inadequate in several critical respects in terms of mitigating impacts to fish stocks and VMEs.
on such ecosystems and outlines actions taken by States and RFMO/As to adopt and implement measures aimed at regulating bottom fisheries and protecting VMEs from destructive fishing practices.
Following the review, the General Assembly, in paragraphs 80 to 90 of its resolution 61/105, called upon States, inter alia, to take action immediately, individually and through RFMO/As, to sustainably manage fish stocks and protect VMEs from destructive fishing practices, and to adopt and implement measures to regulate bottom fisheries.
Furthermore, the General Assembly called upon States participating in negotiations to establish a RFMO/A competent to regulate bottom fisheries to expedite their negotiations and, by no later than 31 December 2007, to adopt and implement interim measures, consistent with the resolution, to regulate bottom fishing activities and protect VMEs.
CCAMLR adopted measures to freeze the footprint of all bottom fishing activities to areas currently approved for bottom fishing through November 2008 in order to regulate bottom fisheries and protect VMEs in its regulatory area. All subsequent individual bottom fishing activities would be subject to assessment by the CCAMLR Scientific Committee.
The present section contains information on conservation and management measures adopted by RFMO/As to sustainably manage fish stocks and protect VMEs from destructive fishing practices, including measures to give effect to paragraph 83 of General Assembly resolution 61/105.