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21/06/2019
Liberia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The PSMA comes into force in Liberia today, 21 June 2019, making Liberia the 61st...
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06/06/2019
The Second Meeting of the Parties to the PSMA has concluded today in Santiago, Chile, with a clear way forward set by the Parties with regards to the rules under which further such meetings should be conducted, the funding mechanisms...
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05/06/2019
On day 2 of the Meeting of the Parties to the 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), delegates from 44 Parties to the PSMA, 17 observer States, as well as 11 inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations discussed the way forward...
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03/06/2019
Almost 200 delegates from States all across the world, as well as inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, have gathered this week in Santiago, Chile, for the Second Meeting of the Parties to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA).
The...
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16/05/2019
The second meeting of the Open-ended Technical Working Group on Information Exchange (TWG-IE), an informal working group established by the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) at their first meeting in May 2017, began yesterday in Seoul,...