Resolution A.1003(25)

ENTRY INTO FORCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1993 TORREMOLINOS PROTOCOL

(Adopted on 29 November 2007)

 

 

THE ASSEMBLY,

 

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,

 

BEING DEEPLY CONCERNED that the conditions for the entry into force of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the Torremolinos Protocol) have, fourteen years after its adoption, still not been met owing to the fact that an insufficient number of Governments with the required aggregate number of fishing vessels under their flag have so far deposited with the Secretary-General instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to enable it to enter into force,

 

RECALLING ALSO resolution A.925(22) on Entry into force and implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol and the 1995 STCW-F Convention, by means of which it urged Governments to consider accepting the two instruments at the earliest opportunity and requested the Maritime Safety Committee to review the situation concerning their entry into force and, in the light of such review, to take action as it deemed appropriate,

 

WELCOMING the outcome of the Seminar on the Implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol, held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, in September 2004, which, having identified technical and other difficulties encountered in relation to the implementation of the Protocol, recommended solutions to address them,

 

WELCOMING ALSO the outcome of the second session of the Joint FAO/IMO Ad Hoc Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Related Matters, held in Rome, Italy, from 16 to 18 July 2007, which, having considered the options suggested in a legal study presented at the said session and aimed at facilitating the entry into force of the Protocol, recommended that such options should be further explored, in particular the possibility of preparing a draft agreement relating to the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol with a view to its adoption by an appropriate IMO body,