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This leaflet provides a background to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the benefits, FAO capacity building efforts and the process to become party to the PSMA. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major problem in capture fisheries...

This document contains the report of the FAO workshop on Implementing the 2009 FAO Agreement on port State measures to prevent deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (“the Agreement”) which was held at the Taj Samudra Hotel in...

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...

An important international treaty aimed at combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has entered into force, with 25 parties. Árni M. Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, explains the building process and illustrates the necessary steps for implementing....

This document contains the report of the FAO Workshop on Implementing the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (the Agreement) that was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Tirana, Albania, from...