Thirdly, that part of the Southwest 1/4, Section 13, Pender Island, Cowichan District, containing 23 acres, more or less, described as commencing at the intersection of the north boundary with the high water mark, thence westerly along the north boundary 21.50 chains, more or less, to the westerly boundary of Section 13, thence southerly along the westerly boundary 10.25 chains, more or less, to a point 29.75 chains from the southwest corner; thence easterly parallel with the south boundary 22.00 chains, more or less, to the high wat ...[+++]er mark and thence northerly along the high water mark to the point of commencement, except that part included within a 1 chain strip adjacent to the high water mark [PID 010-751-866];

To fill this gap, and given that there is fishing activity both in the EEZ and in the high seas, in 2006 the governments of Australia, Chile and New Zealand decided to launch a process of international consultations on the establishment of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), with the aim of cooperating in addressing the gap in the management and conservation of non-highly migratory species and the protection of biodiversity in the high seas areas of the South Pacific, in a manner consistent with inte ...[+++]rnational law.

56. Highlights the threat to biodiversity posed by deep sea bottom-trawling and other unsustainable fishing practices; takes note of the recent decision in the UN General Assembly in this regard; urges the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with legislative proposals on bottom fisheries in the high seas; urges the Commission to work with the UN and the relevant Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, where they exist, to adopt and implement measures to manage all fisheries that are conducted on the high seas, including those using trawls; further urges the Commission to work towards the urgent implementation of measu ...[+++]res to protect important deep sea habitats in the high seas from destructive fishing practices, including bottom-trawling;

55. Highlights the threat to biodiversity posed by deep sea bottom-trawling and other unsustainable fishing practices; takes note of the recent decision in the UN General Assembly in this regard; urges the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with legislative proposals on bottom fisheries in the high seas; urges the Commission to work with the UN and the relevant Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, where they exist, to adopt and implement measures to manage all fisheries that are conducted on the high seas, including those using trawls; further urges the Commission to work towards the urgent implementation of measu ...[+++]res to protect important deep sea habitats in the high seas from destructive fishing practices, including bottom-trawling;

56. Highlights the threat to biodiversity posed by deep sea bottom-trawling and other unsustainable fishing practices; takes note of the recent decision in the UN General Assembly in this regard; urges the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with legislative proposals on bottom fisheries in the high seas; urges the Commission to work with the UN and the relevant Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, where they exist, to adopt and implement measures to manage all fisheries that are conducted on the high seas, including those using trawls; further urges the Commission to work towards the urgent implementation of measu ...[+++]res to protect important deep sea habitats in the high seas from destructive fishing practices, including bottom-trawling;

At the very least, a moratorium on bottom trawl fishing in high seas areas is warranted until legally binding regimes are in place to protect deep-sea biodiversity from high seas bottom trawling and to conserve and manage the demersal fisheries of the high seas consistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant instruments.