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An international course by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) started being delivered in Vigo, Spain today. The fourth FAO international course on Fisheries Port Inspections in support of the Agreement on Port State Measures runs over three weeks,...

Two new functions have been released in the Global Information Exchange System (GIES), an application developed in support of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). Effective from today, the National Contact Point (NCP) and Designated Ports (DPs) information...

Thirty-five recently qualified inspectors and three experienced inspectors from the Fisheries Surveillance Centre of Madagascar benefitted from a training course, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of a mission aimed at strengthening...

Members of the Thirty-sixth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI36) reiterated the high priority they place on combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and while they noted progress reported by members, they encouraged the Food and Agriculture...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is the latest FAO Member to become a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The Agreement entered into force for the Marshall Islands on 26 June 2024, 30 days after the deposit...