摘要：At the Annual Meeting in 2007 NAFO responded to the 2006 UN General Assembly Resolution 61/105 and listed a number of recent measures and initia-tives that satisfied the requirements of the above Resolution including the adoption of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, closures of sensi-tive habitats, transparency etc. During the past two years, FAO has developed ―International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas‖ to assist States and RFMOs in implementing Chapter 10 of the 2006 UNGA Resolution concerning responsible fisheries in the marine ecosys-tem. These guidelines contain standards and criteria for identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction and for identifying the potential impacts of fishing activities on such ecosystems. Many NAFO Con-tracting Parties and the NAFO Secretariat have been involved in the drafting process of these FAO guidelines on which NAFO has based its measures to address vulnerable marine ecosystems, such as developing exploratory fishing protocols for new fishing areas, determining existing bottom fishing areas (footprint) and establishing protocols for encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems.
