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Workshops on the implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, were held in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monrovia, Liberia from 9-13 and 16-20 September 2019, respectively. The workshops...

From 9-18 September, FAO returned to Guinea to continue its ongoing capacity development work to support the country’s effective implementation of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and complementary international instruments. Guinea has been a Party to the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is, together with the European Union (EU), in the process of assisting the Fisheries Administration of the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in reviewing its Fisheries Law...

A National Strategy and Action Plan to strengthen Mozambique’s legal and policy framework, institutional and organisational framework and operational capacity was updated through a multi-stakeholder workshop held last month.  The workshop, which was organised to update and validate the National Strategy and Action...

Leaders of the G20 have reaffirmed their commitment to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, describing it as a “serious threat to the sustainability of the ocean”. Leaders of the G20 met in Osaka, Japan, on 28-29 June 2019 to...