Conscious also that the Agreement requires States and entities to pursue cooperation in relation to straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks either directly or through appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, taking into account the specific characteristics of the subregion or region, to ensure the effective conservation, management and long-term sustainability of such stocks, and to establish such organizations or arrangements where none exist,
又意识到协定要求各国和实体考虑到分区域或区域的具体特点，直接或通过有关分区域或区域渔业管理组织或安排，就跨界鱼类种群和高度洄游鱼类种群问题进行合作，以确保有效养护、管理和长期可持续地开发此种鱼类种群，并在尚无此种组织或安排的情况下予以建立，