# Council Decision of 8 November 2010 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (2010/717/EU) (revoked), Article 2


The Preamble of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following new Preamble:
The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
NOTING that the coastal States of the Northwest Atlantic have established exclusive economic zones consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and customary international law, within which they exercise sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing living resources;
RECALLING the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995, and the FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries adopted by the 28th Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on 31 October 1995 and related instruments adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations;
RECOGNISING the economic and social benefits deriving from the sustainable use of fishery resources;
DESIRING to promote the long term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic;
CONSCIOUS of the need for international cooperation and consultation with respect to those fishery resources;
MINDFUL that effective conservation and management of these fishery resources should be based on the best available scientific advice and the precautionary approach;
COMMITTED to apply an ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the Northwest Atlantic that includes safeguarding the marine environment, conserving its marine biodiversity, minimising the risk of long term or irreversible adverse effects of fishing activities, and taking account of the relationship between all components of the ecosystem;
FURTHER COMMITTED to conduct responsible fishing activities and to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing;
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

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