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The second two-week FAO international course on Fisheries Law Enforcement concluded today in Vigo, Spain, in one of three PSMA Training Hubs. From 6 to 17 July 2026, on board the training vessel INTERMARES at Europe’s largest fishing port, professionals from...

On 6th July 2026, Spanish authorities celebrated in Vigo, Spain, the 10th anniversary of the PSMA during the opening of the 2nd International Training Course on Fisheries Law Enforcement held onboard the International Cooperation and Training vessel INTERMARES. Matthew Camilleri, Secretary...

The FAO Capacity Development Programme course on Fisheries Port Inspections in Support of China’s Implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) has concluded today. For two intensive weeks, from 22 June to 3 July 2026, at the Shanghai Ocean...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlighted the importance of international cooperation, information sharing and capacity development in combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing during the Our Ocean Conference, held in Kenya last month. Representing FAO...

FAO supported a series of meetings with various Vietnamese national agencies to assist the country in developing a National Strategy and Action Plan for the effective implementation of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), related international instruments...