Recognizing also the importance of applying ecosystem approaches to oceans management and the need to integrate such approaches into fisheries conservation and management, and in this regard welcoming the report of the seventh meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea,See A/61/156. held in New York from 12 to 16 June 2006,
又确认必须采用生态系统方法管理海洋，需要将这些方法纳入渔业养护和管理，在这方面欢迎2006年6月12日至16日在纽约举行的联合国海洋和海洋法问题不限成员名额非正式协商进程第七次会议的报告，见A/61/156。