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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is, together with the European Union (EU), in the process of assisting the Fisheries Administration of the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in reviewing its Fisheries Law...

The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) took an important step in combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing at its seventeenth session held in Miami, USA, from 15 to 18 July 2019. Among other important matters on the agenda, the...

A National Strategy and Action Plan to strengthen Mozambique’s legal and policy framework, institutional and organisational framework and operational capacity was updated through a multi-stakeholder workshop held last month.  The workshop, which was organised to update and validate the National Strategy and Action...

Leaders of the G20 have reaffirmed their commitment to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, describing it as a “serious threat to the sustainability of the ocean”. Leaders of the G20 met in Osaka, Japan, on 28-29 June 2019 to...

FAO has been conducting a thorough review of Guinea’s monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) systems and procedures over the last ten days, in order to assess their adequacy to meet the requirements of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)...