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FAO Members participating in last week’s Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) welcomed the increase in the number of Parties to the 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and the growing global commitment for its effective implementation, while they encouraged further adherence to...

During the Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), which met virtually last week, FAO Members agreed on the need for international guidelines on transshipment in fisheries. Members welcomed FAO’s in-depth study on transshipment, published in December 2020, and expressed...

Information relative to four national fleets has recently been uploaded into the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record), bringing the number of participating countries to 65 States. With the new data uploaded of vessels...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding provided by the FAO/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cooperation Programme: Technical assistance for sustainable fisheries practices (RG-T3162), is supporting Suriname under its Capacity Development Programme dedicated to supporting the implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA).  The...

Lead officers from fisheries, maritime and coast guard agencies of five Caribbean countries, together with other relevant stakeholders, took part in the first of four half-day virtual seminars, entitled ‘Regional Workshop on Flag State Performance’, organised by the Food and...