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Commonwealth countries consider the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and other FAO international instruments as part of the solution to collectively improve the sustainability of fisheries. In the Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration, adopted in Samoa at the Commonwealth Heads...

Under the current assistance provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to the Gambia, a mission was carried out to assist the country in revising its fisheries legislation to incorporate key international obligations related to...

At its second meeting held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 21–25 October 2024, the Strategy Working Group (SWG) of the Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) agreed on a set of key recommendations to strengthen...

A web-based questionnaire for Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to review and assess the level of implementation and the effectiveness of the Agreement in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, has now been released...

The fifth meeting of the Part 6 Working Group (Part 6 WG) of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) reviewed capacity development priorities for developing States and put forward recommendations for consideration by the upcoming fifth Meeting of the...