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Ukraine is the latest FAO Member to become a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The Agreement entered into force for Ukraine on 12 March 2025, 30 days after the deposit of its instrument of accession with the Director-General...

40 Parties and 3 non-parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) together with regional fishery bodies (RFBs) met a year after the operationalization of the PSMA Global Information Exchange System (GIES), at the fifth Technical Working Group on Information Exchange (TWG-IE). During...

A new format of the manual of procedures for a more efficient fisheries inspection process was presented in Senegal after substantial guidance was provided by experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO experts are supporting...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) held a workshop, in Kochi, India, to support the government to assess the relevance and benefits of the FAO...

The FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) Global Information Exchange System (GIES) has released yet another feature that helps States fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The GIES, an information tool developed by the PSMA Secretariat at the request...