Legal Frameworks
The Agreement on Port State Measures is developed subsequently to and in conformity with a series of international instruments, declarations and schemes, including:
- The 1982 UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
- The 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement;
- The 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries;
- The 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement;
- The 2001 International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU);
- The 2005 Rome Declaration on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;
- FAO’s 2007 Model scheme on port State measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.