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Latin America is closing the net on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as several States start disseminating their data through the Global Record Information System.  El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Brazil and Chile are the latest countries to disseminate certified data...

Data from the European fishing fleet is now on board the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels.  European Union member States together with other European countries have, in recent days, submitted data in respect of their...

FAO and Government authorities in Ghana and Namibia have signed separate agreements to receive assistance to enhance their capacity to implement the Port State Measures Agreement.  The agreements were signed by Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development on 2 March...

Colombia, Peru and Vanuatu are the latest States that have contributed with data to the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels.  These three States follow Thailand, Panama, the United States of America and Argentina.  Initially, eleven States...

A participatory Strategy & Action Plan workshop (gap analysis) was carried out from 26 February to 2 March 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop ascertained the need to strengthen national legislation, the institutional set up/coordination mechanisms, and MCS systems and operations. As...