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This FAO international advanced course on fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) has been designed to strengthen the capacity of fisheries inspectors and national officials to perform their tasks. It is meant to assist professionals in the field with a...

This flyer describes the role of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) in the implementation of the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Download PDF

The Parties reviewed the results of the 2024 questionnaires for the review and assessment of the effectiveness of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). Parties reported on a wide range of activities to implement the PSMA and highlighted implementation...

This document contains the report of the fifth meeting of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) Open-Ended Technical Working Group on Information Exchange (TWG-IE), which was held in Paris, France, from 10 to 14 March 2025. The TWG-IE welcomed...

FAO Members – Tonga, the Russian Federation, and Libya – explain why the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) is key to help fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Watch the video on YouTube, here.