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FAO Members participating in last week’s Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) welcomed the increase in the number of Parties to the 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and the growing global commitment for its effective implementation, while they encouraged further adherence to...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding provided by the FAO/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cooperation Programme: Technical assistance for sustainable fisheries practices (RG-T3162), is supporting Suriname under its Capacity Development Programme dedicated to supporting the implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA).  The...

Lead officers from fisheries, maritime and coast guard agencies of five Caribbean countries, together with other relevant stakeholders, took part in the first of four half-day virtual seminars, entitled ‘Regional Workshop on Flag State Performance’, organised by the Food and...

Despite the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has been providing technical assistance to authorities in Ecuador in the drafting of an Inter-agency Decree that seeks the effective implementation of the Agreement on...

A mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, took place between 2 and 6 of March to continue assisting the Fisheries Administration of the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries...