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FAO experts and the Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) carried out a joint legal and monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) review mission to support the country in enhancing its legal, institutional and operational capacities to be in...

Another 13 legal professionals are now in a better position to assist their respective countries in developing and implementing national plans and processes for the effective detection, investigation and the prosecution of fisheries offences and violations, after having completed a...

38 inspectors from 13 countries in Africa followed a three-week FAO international course on Fisheries Port Inspections in support of the Agreement on Port State Measures, held in Europe’s biggest fishing port – Vigo, Spain – between the 13 – 30...

37 fisheries government officials from 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific completed the first two-week FAO international course on Fisheries Law Enforcement, launched under FAO’s Global Capacity Development Programme to support the implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port...

Equatorial Guinea is the latest FAO Member to become a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The Agreement entered into force for Equatorial Guinea on 9 October 2025, 30 days after the deposit of its instrument of accession with...