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 | 26. Iceland | 51. Sao Tome and Principe |
2. Australia | 27. Indonesia | 52. Senegal |
3. Bahamas | 28. Japan | 53. Seychelles |
4. Bangladesh | 29. Kenya | 54. Sierra Leone |
5. Barbados | 30. Liberia | 55. Somalia |
6. Cabo Verde | 31. Libya | 56. South Africa |
7. Cambodia | 32. Madagascar | 57. Sri Lanka |
8. Canada | 33. Maldives | 58. Sudan |
9. Chile | 34. Mauritania | 59. Thailand |
10. Costa Rica | 35. Mauritius | 60. Togo |
11. Cuba | 36. Montenegro | 61. Tonga |
12. Côte d'Ivoire | 37. Mozambique | 62. Trinidad and Tobago |
13. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member) | 38. Myanmar | 63. Turkey |
14. Djibouti | 39. Namibia | 64. United Kingdom |
15. Dominica | 40. New Zealand | 65. United States of America |
16. Ecuador | 41. Nicaragua | 66. Uruguay |
17. European Union – Member Organization | 42. Norway | 67. Vanuatu |
18. Fiji | 43. Oman | 68. Viet Nam |
19. France | 44. Palau | |
20. Gabon | 45. Panama | |
21. Gambia | 46. Peru | |
22. Ghana | 47. Philippines | |
23. Grenada | 48. Republic of Korea | |
24. Guinea | 49. Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
25. Guyana | 50. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Updated information relative to the Status of individual Parties is available here.