Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)

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04/11/2022
Eritrea has become the 74th Party to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (PSMA), effectively becoming the 100th State to accede to the Agreement. Since entering into force in...
28/10/2022
Up to 26 participants from three different government Ministries in Panama participated in an FAO workshop on catch documentation schemes, held in Ciudad de Panamá between 25 – 28 October 2022. The workshops were held within the framework of the support provided...
10/10/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has delivered a week-long port inspection training course in Trinidad and Tobago in the framework of the European Union funded project, the Third PSMA Global Capacity Development Programme Support Project...
10/10/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is currently assisting Côte d’Ivoire to strengthen its technical capacity to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.  Under the project GCP/INT/413/EC, through a two days workshop, FAO...
10/10/2022
Nigeria has become the latest country to adhere to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (PSMA), bringing the total number of Parties to the PSMA to 73. Nigeria is...