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The Republic of Korea’s Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Jong-woo Hwang, ambassadors of Canada, Chile, the European Union and Norway, together with Germany’s Deputy Head of Mission and the Republic of Korea’s Director General for Fisheries Policy, joined PSMA Parties...

The Global Record Informal Open-Ended Technical and Advisory Working Group convened for its ninth meeting, in Jeju, the Republic of Korea. Delegates from 46 FAO Members, along with representatives from 8 organizations, reviewed the status of the Global Record and examined its...

A series of meetings to strengthen inter-agency coordination to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing were kicked off by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Suriname. During the week of 8-12 June 2026, FAO in...

A newly developed Manual of Standard Operating Procedures for Senegal to implement the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and complementary instruments to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, was formally adopted by the country’s authorities who also...

The Republic of Moldova is the latest FAO Member to become a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The Agreement entered into force for the Republic of Moldova on 20 May 2026, 30 days after the deposit of its...