This measure provides for prohibitions on marine pollution including that no fishing vessel shall discard or abandon fishing gear at sea. A fishing vessel is deemed to have discarded fishing gear if it relinquishes control of the fishing gear, except in the event of distress. The measure provides for the condition that a fishing gear is considered lost and further provides for prohibition on release of plastics and release of other marine pollutants. The text further lays out the preventive measures for the abandonment, loss, or discard of fishing gear at sea; the release of garbage, and plastics, at sea. A fishing vessel is encouraged to carry equipment on board to retrieve any abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear, garbage, or plastics that it released or observes. The text contains 15 Articles.
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