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This document contains the report of the FAO workshop on Implementing the 2009 FAO Agreement on port State measures to prevent deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (“the Agreement”) which was held at the Taj Samudra Hotel in...

This document provides legislative templates to implement port State measures as agreed in the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Resolution 10/11, and explains...

Brochure on Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Access the document here.

Catch documentation schemes (CDS) have been a topic of debate for more than 16 years, and continue to mean different things to different people. This paper clarifies the nature of CDS and what they can achieve, and identifies the factors...

Iceland is one of the FAO Member States that has recently ratified the FAO Port State Measures Agreement of 2009 (FAO PSMA). The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) in the North East...