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The People’s Republic of China is the latest FAO Member to become a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The Agreement entered into force for the People’s Republic of China on 16 April 2025, 30 days after the deposit...

Detailed information about the Global Capacity Development Programme, launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2017, in support of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and complementary international instruments, has been published...

A mission by experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to Kenya resulted in initial preparatory work to assist the country in drafting its secondary fisheries legislation. In this way, Kenya will be able to...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is assisting Guinea-Bissau in conducting a needs assessment of its capacity to implement the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), complementary international instruments and regional mechanisms to combat illegal,...

Transshipment and landing declarations, in electronic format, are now available to Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) through the PSMA Global Information Exchange System (GIES). The new transshipment and landing forms are fully in-line with the Voluntary Guidelines...