Fisheries, Marine and Coastal Resources

51. We will maintain and promote our traditional systems for the sustainable harvesting of marine resources.

52. We commit ourselves to maintain our marine and freshwater fisheries resources that many of our peoples depend upon, and we will fight against overfishing, waste and toxic dumping, as well as the impact of tourism, which affect the oceans, coasts and inland waters.

53. We will develop proposals for the protection and management of national and transboundary coastal areas and their biological resources, and we call on States to incorporate these proposals into legal and policy frameworks.

54. We will promote the establishment of new quota regimes on an equal footing with other stakeholders, through national and international negotiations, based on our inalienable historical rights as resource owners and managers.