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At the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, a seminar on the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was held today at...

Practitioners in fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) and enforcement from around the globe met at the sixth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW6) in Bangkok, Thailand, from 18 to 22 February 2019. This forum provides an opportunity for regular exchange...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens the food and nutritional security of some 300 000 Peruvians engaged in the fishing sector. Since Monday, February 25, and for the duration of this week, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in close...

This week, 18-22 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is providing technical support to the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA), assisting the country in the initial phases to prepare a national strategy...

Ecuador, Fiji and Viet Nam have deposited their instruments of accession to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing increasing the total number of Parties to the Agreement to...