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Ports are the entry points through which fish start their final journey to our plates. The 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), is the most cost-effective means to ensure the sustainability of fisheries through the enforcement of rules and regulations. The...

Implementing the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) is like border control for travellers. Watch this 3-minute animation, explaining how the PSMA works. Watch here in English Other languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. 

This is the final version of the report of the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, which was hosted by the European Union and...

This document is the second volume of a series of publications entitled “Checklists and technical guidelines to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing”. The present checklist is intended to be used in the review of national legal frameworks, including primary and secondaryfisheries legislation....

This checklist is a product of the FAO Global Programme to Support the Implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and Complementary International Instruments and Regional Mechanisms to Combat IUU Fishing (hereinafter “the Programme”). The purpose of this document is to aggregate...