Support for the Domestic Fisheries Sector and Tuna-Fisheries
Related Businesses and Market Access
12. CCMs shall cooperate, consistent with national laws and regulations, with the SIDS and territories through the provision of technical and economic support to assist SIDS and territories in the region to achieve the objective of maximising benefits from the development of their fisheries resources.
13. CCMs shall endeavour to ensure that the domestic fishing and related industries of the SIDS and territories in the Convention Area, accounts for at least fifty (50) percent of the total catch and value of highly migratory fish stocks harvested in the Convention Area. To this end, CCMs are encouraged to support investment and collaborative arrangements with SIDS and territories.
14. CCMs shall ensure, consistent with national laws and regulations, that actions are not taken to constrain coastal processing and use of transshipment facilities and associated vessels of SIDS and territories, or undermine legitimate investment in SIDS and territories in the Convention Area.
15. CCMs shall cooperate with SIDS and territories in the Convention Area and endeavor to:
a. take actions, consistent with national laws and regulations, with a view toward maintaining and increasing opportunities for employment of nationals of SIDS and territories in the Convention Area;
b. promote, consistent with national laws and regulations, the processing, landing, or transshipment of catches within designated ports of SIDS and territories in the Convention Area;
c. encourage, consistent with national laws and regulations, the purchase of equipment and supplies, including fuel supplies, from suppliers located in SIDS and territories in the Convention Area; and
d. encourage, where appropriate, the use of slipping and repair facilities located in SIDS and territories in the Convention Area.
16. CCMs shall cooperate directly with SIDS and territories in the Convention Area to promote awareness of import conditions.
17. CCMs shall endeavour to take appropriate action to eliminate barriers to trade in fish and fisheries products that are not consistent with international laws and regulations, taking into account the importance of the trade in fish and fisheries products, particularly for SIDS and territories.
18. CCMs shall endeavor to cooperate to identify and promote activities, as appropriate, for the development of the domestic tuna fisheries sector and tuna fisheries related businesses in the SIDS and territories.