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Senior officials and technical experts from Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), along with those from non-Parties and  intergovernmental organizations, of the Southwest Pacific region,  met in New Zealand, in the first of a series of...

A stakeholder consultation was recently carried out in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that will bring the country closer to enacting a new Fisheries law, substantial work on which was carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global Information Exchange System (GIES) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided technical assistance to South Africa in response to the country’s request to review its Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA), 1998. The mission took place between 20 – 24 November 2023. The...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a workshop in Honduras to discuss and assess the country’s monitoring, control and surveillance means to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. This workshop, held between 27 November and...