Common Contracts
1 similar Port State Measures Agreement contracts
The benefits of ratifying and implementing the 2009 FAO Port State Measures Agreement FAO’s efforts in support of the implementation of the Agreement Relevant PSMA publicationsPort State Measures Agreement • November 21st, 2015
The FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (the Agreement) was adopted by the FAO Conference in 20091. The main purpose of the Agreement is to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing through the implementation of robust port State measures. The Agreement envisages that parties, in their capacities as port States, will apply the Agreement in an effective manner to foreign vessels when seeking entry to ports or while they are in port.
