Parties to the PSMA

The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was approved by the FAO Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session (Rome, 18-23 November 2009) under paragraph 1 of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution, through Resolution No 12/2009 dated 22 November 2009.

The Agreement entered into force on 5 June 2016.

These are the current Parties to the Agreement:

1. Albania	21. Indonesia	41. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2. Australia	22. Japan	42. Sao Tome and Principe
3. Bahamas	23. Kenya	43. Senegal
4. Barbados	24. Madagascar	44. Seychelles
5. Cabo Verde	25. Maldives	45. Sierra Leone
6. Chile	26. Mauritania	46. Somalia
7. Costa Rica	27. Mauritius	47. South Africa
8. Cuba	28. Montenegro	48. Sri Lanka
9. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member)	29. Mozambique	49. Sudan
10. Djibouti	30. Myanmar	50. Thailand
11. Dominica	31. Namibia	51. Togo
12. European Union – Member Organization	32. New Zealand	52. Tonga
13. France	33. Norway	53. Turkey
14. Gabon	34. Oman	54. United States of America
15. Gambia	35. Palau	55. Uruguay
16. Ghana	36. Panama	56. Vanuatu
17. Grenada	37. Peru
18. Guinea	38. Philippines
19. Guyana	39. Republic of Korea
20. Iceland	40. Saint Kitts and Nevis

Updated information relative to the Status of individual Parties is available here.