Parties to the PSMA
The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was approved by the FAO Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session (Rome, 18-23 November 2009) under paragraph 1 of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution, through Resolution No 12/2009 dated 22 November 2009.
The Agreement entered into force on 5 June 2016.
These are the current Parties to the Agreement:
1. Albania | 31. Indonesia | 61. Senegal |
2. Angola | 32. Japan | 62. Seychelles |
3. Australia | 33. Kenya | 63. Sierra Leone |
4. Bahamas | 34. Liberia | 64. Somalia |
5. Bangladesh | 35. Libya | 65. South Africa |
6. Barbados | 36. Madagascar | 66. Sri Lanka |
7. Benin | 37. Maldives | 67. Sudan |
8. Cabo Verde | 38. Mauritania | 68. Thailand |
9. Cambodia | 39. Mauritius | 69. Timor-Leste |
10. Canada | 40. Mexico | 70. Togo |
11. Chile | 41. Montenegro | 71. Tonga |
12. Comoros | 42. Morocco | 72. Trinidad and Tobago |
13. Costa Rica | 43. Mozambique | 73. Türkiye |
14. Cuba | 44. Myanmar | 74. United Kingdom |
15. Côte d'Ivoire | 45. Namibia | 75. United States of America |
16. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member) | 46. New Zealand | 76. Uruguay |
17. Djibouti | 47. Nicaragua | 77. Vanuatu |
18. Dominica | 48. Nigeria | 78. Viet Nam |
19. Ecuador | 49. Norway | |
20. Eritrea | 50. Oman | |
21. European Union – Member Organization | 51. Palau | |
22. Fiji | 52. Panama | |
23. France (in respect of overseas territories) | 53. Papua New Guinea | |
24. Gabon | 54. Peru | |
25. Gambia | 55. Philippines | |
26. Ghana | 56. Republic of Korea | |
27. Grenada | 57. Russian Federation | |
28. Guinea | 58. Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
29. Guyana | 59. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
30. Iceland | 60. Sao Tome and Principe |
Updated information relative to the Status of individual Parties is available here.