Assessing high seas resources potential

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. States, through bilateral and multilateral cooperation and within the framework of subregional and regional fisheries bodies, as appropriate, and with the support of other international intergovernmental agencies, should assess high seas resource potentials and develop profiles of all stocks (target and non-target).

1. Assessing

1. Improving data collection on marine living resources of the high seas
2. Developing databases on marine living resources

1. Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources of the high seas

1. Providing training about high seas resource assessment
2. Coordinating research programmes on management of high seas resources

1. High-spiritedness
2. High-mindedness