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Implementing the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) is like border control for travellers. Watch this 3-minute animation, explaining how the PSMA works. Watch here in English Other languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. 

Catch documentation schemes (CDS) are just one in an array of tools designed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The schemes provide a means for countries to cooperate in providing information about the legality of fish as it moves...

This document contains the report of the Expert Consultation on Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment that was held virtually from 11 to 15 October and reconvened on 3 November 2021 to adopt this report. FAO has undertaken an in-depth global study...

This is the final version of the report of the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, which was hosted by the European Union and...

This document is the second volume of a series of publications entitled “Checklists and technical guidelines to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing”. The present checklist is intended to be used in the review of national legal frameworks, including primary and secondaryfisheries legislation....