Common Contracts
1 similar Port State Measures Agreement contracts
Contributor: Mr. Kongpathai Sarapaivanich, SEAFDEC/TD)Port State Measures Agreement • October 12th, 2021
The 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was approved by the FAO Conference on Fisheries, 22 November 2009 and open for signature from 22 November 2009 until 21 November 2010, by all States and regional economic integration organizations. During that period, 23 States and the European Union (EU) signed such FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA), which was then subsequently entered into force on 5 June 2016. As of 8 March 2021, there were 69 Parties to the PSMA, including the European Union as one Party representing its 27 Member States. Nine new Parties have deposited their instruments of accession to the PSMA since the Second Meeting of the Parties held in Santiago, Chile on 3–6 June 2019.
