Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)

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08/04/2021
Endorsed at the Thirty-fourth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) on 1 February 2021, in the context of the celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). Download here.
26/03/2021
An introductory, online workshop on effective fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was delivered by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations this week, over three half-day sessions, from...
16/03/2021
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in coordination with the Subsecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Chile, concluded an online workshop with Chilean authorities last week, entitled “Understanding and implementing catch documentation schemes (CDS) to prevent,...
15/03/2021
The Government of Mozambique formally endorses FAO two-year Work Plan to strengthen its capacity to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing The Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries of Mozambique has officially endorsed a two-year Work...
24/02/2021
The Russian Federation has, earlier this month, deposited its instrument of ratification to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). This happened during a virtual meeting, held on 5 February, between its Permanent Representative to FAO and UN Agencies...