FAO international course on fisheries port inspections in support of the Agreement on Port State Measures,


FAO international course

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 unregulated fishing (Module: FM-102; EST-102) 

• Introduction to the concept and dimension of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, identification of IUU fishing activities and their impact on sustainable fisheries management, IUU fishing estimation and indicators. Duration: 4 hours of lectures + 1 hour of practical exercises The Agreement on Port State Measures (Module: PSMA-101) 

• The scope of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), definitions and objectives; international obligations and responsibilities of port, flag and coastal States. The integration of national and regional systems and the role of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). Duration: 10 hours of lectures + 4 hours of practical exercises PROGRAMME Implementation of non-binding instruments (Module: NBI-101)

 • Analysis of the provisions of non-binding instruments such as the Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment and the Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes, and the way these provisions strengthen the implementation of binding instruments. Duration: 3 hours of lectures Monitoring, control and surveillance (Modules: MCS-101; MCS-102; MCS-103) 

• Introduction to monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS), information sources, use and management, MCS programmes and schemes, planning and implementation of MCS operations (sea, shore, air), MCS technology. Duration: 22 hours of lectures + 10 hours of practical exercises Enforcement (Modules: from ENF-101 to ENF-104) 

• Types of non-compliance, detection, evidence collection and management, post-inspection actions, processes and sanctions. Duration: 10 hours of lectures + 2 hours of practical exercises Cooperation and international instruments (Module: COOP-101) 

• Introduction to different aspects of national and international cooperation and coordination to combat IUU fishing, including introduction to international instruments that are complementary to the PSMA, such as the International Maritime Organization’s Cape Town Agreement and the International Labour Organization’s Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188). Duration: 6 hours of lectures FAO information systems (Module: FIS-101)

 • Understanding of the main information systems, notably the FAO Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record) and the PSMA Global Information Exchange System (GIES), including their use and management. Duration: 2 hours of lectures + 5 hours of practical exercises.



Brochure prepared for the FAO international course on fisheries port inspections in support of the Agreement on Port State Measures, which has been designed to strengthen the capacity of fisheries inspectors to perform their tasks. 

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