International Day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing

Training courses topics:   •  Public international law and Law of the Sea (Modules: PIL-101; LOS-102)  • General understanding of the fundamental principles of the public international law. Concepts, definitions and articles under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) relevant to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). Duration: 4 hours of lectures + 1 hour of practical exercises Fisheries law (Module: FL-101)  • Overview of the international legally binding instruments relating to fisheries and other international binding instruments. Duration: 6 hours of lectures + 1 hour of practical exercises Fisheries management (Module: FM-101) • Objectives and principles of fisheries management, United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals relevant to fisheries, management plans, precautionary approach, and technical conservation measures. Duration: 4 hours of lectures + 5 hours of practical exercises Illegal, unreported and unregulate...

The  Compendium of decisions made by the Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures  provides a compilation of currently applicable decisions made by the Parties to the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) , an international agreement adopted under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution, which entered into force on 5 June 2016. This compendium is the result of a request by the Parties to the PSMA to have one reference document on decisions made, starting from their first meeting in 2017. This first edition will be updated following every Meeting of the Parties to the PSMA to contain only decisions which are in effect.  Download