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 Kitts and Nevis
2. Australia	22. Japan	42. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3. Bahamas	23. Kenya	43. Sao Tome and Principe
4. Barbados	24. Libya	44. Senegal
5. Cabo Verde	25. Madagascar	45. Seychelles
6. Chile	26. Maldives	46. Sierra Leone
7. Costa Rica	27. Mauritania	47. Somalia
8. Cuba	28. Mauritius	48. South Africa
9. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member)	29. Montenegro	49. Sri Lanka
10. Djibouti	30. Mozambique	50. Sudan
11. Dominica	31. Myanmar	51. Thailand
12. European Union – Member Organization	32. Namibia	52. Togo
13. France	33. New Zealand	53. Tonga
14. Gabon	34. Norway	54. Turkey
15. Gambia	35. Oman	55. United States of America
16. Ghana	36. Palau	56. Uruguay
17. Grenada	37. Panama	57. Vanuatu
18. Guinea	38. Peru
19. Guyana	39. Philippines
20. Iceland	40. Republic of Korea

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