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FAO and Government authorities in Ghana and Namibia have signed separate agreements to receive assistance to enhance their capacity to implement the Port State Measures Agreement.  The agreements were signed by Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development on 2 March...

Colombia, Peru and Vanuatu are the latest States that have contributed with data to the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels.  These three States follow Thailand, Panama, the United States of America and Argentina.  Initially, eleven States...

A participatory Strategy & Action Plan workshop (gap analysis) was carried out from 26 February to 2 March 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop ascertained the need to strengthen national legislation, the institutional set up/coordination mechanisms, and MCS systems and operations. As...

The European Commission's Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has provided the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations with a grant of USD 1 800 000 to co-finance a USD 2 300 000 project to support the implementation...

More fishing vessels are now eligibile to have the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Identification Number - a prerequisite to the first phase of the Global Record - as the IMO Assembly agreed, in December 2017, to a second amendment...