Port State Measures in Iceland
Iceland is one of the FAO Member States that has recently ratified the FAO Port State Measures Agreement of 2009 (FAO PSMA). The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) in the North East Atlantic. Iceland as a Contracting Party to NEAFC, as well as NAFO, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, has taken part in the development of the Port State Control Schemes of those RFMOs and later in aligning their schemes with the FAO Port State Measures Agreement.
This paper, which has been prepared by government experts in Iceland by request of the Director General of the FAO, Graciano Da Silva, describes the process of ratification and implementation of the FAO PSMA in Iceland. It also describes, as necessary, the NEAFC Port State Control Regime and its development and alignment with the FAO PSMA. The Port State Control procedures applied in Iceland are explained at the end of this paper with the help of flow diagrams