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Paragraph 168 of the Future We Want, Rio+20
Oceans and Seas
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We commit to intensify our efforts to meet the 2015 target as agreed to in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation to maintain or restore [fish] stocks to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield on an urgent basis. In this regard we further commit to urgently take the measures necessary to maintain or restore all stocks at least to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield, with the aim of achieving these goals in the shortest time feasible, as determined by their biological characteristics.

Supporting Initiatives
Committee on Fisheries (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
United Nations