At the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development held in New York in 2015, the Union and its Member States committed themselves, by 2020, to effectively regulate harvesting, to end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices, and to implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks, in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce MSY as determined by their biological characteristics.
Ag Cruinniú Mullaigh na Náisiún Aontaithe um Fhorbairt Inbhuanaithe i Nua-Eabhrac in 2015, gheall an tAontas agus a Bhallstáit go ngníomhóidís faoi 2020 chun saothrú an éisc a rialú go héifeachtach, chun cosc a chur le ró-iascaireacht, iascaireacht neamhdhleathach, iascaireacht neamhthuairiscithe agus iascaireacht neamhrialáilte, mar aon le cleachtais iascaireachta dhíobhálacha, agus chun pleananna bainistithe eolaíochtbhunaithe a chur chun feidhme chun stoic éisc a athbhunú, laistigh den achar ama is giorra is féidir, ar a laghad chuig na leibhéil sin ar ar féidir UTI a bhaint amach, arna gcinneadh de réir a saintréithe bitheolaíocha.