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This document contains the report of the second meeting of the Part 6 Working Group established by the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, held in Rome, Italy,...

In October 2014, the European Commission identified Sri Lanka as a non-cooperating third country, on the basis that it was not taking sufficient action to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing; and imposed a ban on...

This paper discusses the potential value of catch documentation schemes (CDS) in deep-sea fisheries (DSF), and the implementation modalities that have to be envisaged, to ensure the effectiveness of this trade-based tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing....

This presentation is part of a series of webinars carried out by the Development Law Service of the FAO (LEGN). This webinar focuses on the effective implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal,...

The transmittal, electronic exchange and publication of information are key components of the PSMA and are essential if it is to meet its objective. There are several references to information exchange in the PSMA, with some that are general in...