Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)

Parties to the PSMA

The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was approved by the FAO Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session (Rome, 18-23 November 2009) under paragraph 1 of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution, through Resolution No 12/2009 dated 22 November 2009.

The Agreement entered into force on 5 June 2016.

These are the current Parties to the Agreement:


1. Albania 31. Guyana 61. Saint Kitts and Nevis
2. Angola 32. Iceland 62. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3. Australia 33. Indonesia 63. Sao Tome and Principe
4. Bahamas 34. Japan 64. Saudi Arabia
5. Bangladesh 35. Kenya 65. Senegal
6. Barbados 36. Liberia 66. Seychelles
7. Benin 37. Libya 67. Sierra Leone
8. Cabo Verde 38. Madagascar 68. Somalia
9. Cambodia 39. Maldives 69. South Africa
10. Canada 40. Marshall Islands 70. Sri Lanka
11. Chile 41. Mauritania 71. Sudan
12. China 42. Mauritius 72. Thailand
13. Comoros 43. Mexico 73. Timor-Leste
14. Costa Rica 44. Montenegro 74. Togo
15. Cuba 45. Morocco 75. Tonga
16. Côte d'Ivoire 46. Mozambique 76. Trinidad and Tobago
17. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member) 47. Myanmar 77. Türkiye
18. Djibouti 48. Namibia 78. Tuvalu
19. Dominica 49. New Zealand 79. Ukraine
20. Ecuador 50. Nicaragua 80. United Kingdom
21. Equatorial Guinea 51. Nigeria 81. United Republic of Tanzania
22. Eritrea 52. Norway 82. United States of America
23. European Union – Member Organization 53. Oman 83. Uruguay
24. Fiji 54. Palau 84. Vanuatu
25. France (in respect of overseas territories) 55. Panama 85. Viet Nam
26. Gabon 56. Papua New Guinea  
27. Gambia 57. Peru  
28. Ghana 58. Philippines  
29. Grenada 59. Republic of Korea  
30. Guinea 60. Russian Federation  

Updated information relative to the Status of individual Parties is available here.