Sixth edition of the FAO international course on fisheries law.
This brochure was prepared for the FAO international course on fisheries law, which has been designed to strengthen the capacity of legal practitioners in fisheries to perform their tasks. Under its Global Capacity Development Programme to support the implementation of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a Global Training Programme (GTP) to contribute to national, regional, and global efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The GTP encompasses a series of specialized courses built on a number of modules, the details of which are included in the GTP Prospectus. This FAO international course on fisheries law has been designed to provide participants with a sound knowledge of fisheries law, in theory and in practice. It is aimed at government officials from develo...