This document is a revised version of a report presented and deliberated at the Expert Consultation to Review Port State Measures to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing that was held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 4 to 6 November 2002. The Expert Consultation was convened by the Director-General of FAO with a view to facilitating the implementation of the 2001 FAO International Plan of Action to Deter, Prevent and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU). The Expert Consultation was arranged in conjunction with the Fishery Policy and Planning Division, the Fishery Industries Division, and the Development Law Service under the auspices of FishCode, the FAO Interregional Programme of Assistance to Developing Countries for Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. Funds were provided through the FAO Regular Programme and FishCode project GCP/INT/849/USA ("Support for Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing").
The document incorporates suggestions made by participants at the Expert Consultation, and is produced and published as a further contribution of the FishCode IUU Fishing Project.
J. Eric Reynolds
Programme Coordinator, FishCode
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
FAO Fisheries Department, Rome
www.fao.org/fi/fishcode
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Lobach, T., Port State control of foreign fishing vessels. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 987. Rome, FAO. 2003. 19p. ABSTRACT The FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) agreed in March 2001 on an international plan of action (IPOA) to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The plan may be considered as a toolbox from which States may choose relevant measures to implement into domestic legislation. A joint FAO/IMO Working Group on IUU fishing met in October 2000 and agreed that FAO in cooperation with relevant organizations should consider the need to develop measures for port State control related to the management of fisheries resources. In order to facilitate possible future developments in this field, FAO convened in November 2002 an Expert Consultation to Review Port State Measures to Combat IUU Fishing. The present document draws on the experiences of IMO in developing port State control regimes with respect to vessel safety and pollution prevention standards and equipment. It looks into the reasons for the adoption of port State measures under the auspices of an agreement or a memorandum of understanding at regional level and into the means for achieving a transparent and efficient system. The paper further discusses elements of a possible Memorandum including possible actions by port States. |
