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 developing States, including legal practitioners working with fisheries legislation, magistrates, fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) and enforcement officials, and senior managers. It enhances capacity building in international fisheries law and governance, with an emphasis on relevant FAO instruments such as the PSMA, which entered into force on 5 June 2016. Lectures and practical sessions are delivered by experts from FAO along with guest lecturers from other international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI).

PROGRAMME

Introduction to public international law and the 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: 27 hours of lectures Overview of fisheries management (Module: FM-102)
 • Overview of the objectives and principles of fisheries management, United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals relevant to fisheries, management plans and precautionary approach. Relevance of instruments to combat IUU fishing. Duration: 3 hours of lectures Fisheries Law (Module: FL-101)
 • Overview of the international legally binding instruments relating to fisheries and other international binding instruments, with a focus on the performance of the rights and responsibilities of coastal, flag and port States in the conservation and management of resources, and the prevention, deterrence, and elimination of IUU fishing. Duration: 20 hours of lectures Monitoring, control and surveillance (Modules: MCS-107 to MCS-109)
 • Introduction to monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS); integrated MCS policy; information sources, use and management; MCS programmes and schemes; planning and implementation of MCS operations (sea, shore, air); powers and authority: fisheries inspectors, observers, other officers; overview of the use of technologies in the framework of MCS. Duration: 12 hours of lectures + 4 hours practical Enforcement (Modules: ENF-102 and ENF-103) 
• Key elements and responsibilities relating to fisheries enforcement, including types of non-compliance in fishing, and fishing related activities, together with actions to be performed post-inspection. Pre-trial preparations, case handling and court procedures (trial). Duration: 13 hours of lectures + 5 hours practical PROGRAMME National and international coordination and cooperation (Module: COOP-101)
 • Overview of the various aspects of national and international cooperation and coordination as they relate to the management of fisheries and fisheries related activities. Duration: 2 hours of lectures The Agreement on Port State Measures (Module: PSMA-102) 
• The scope of the PSMA, definitions and objectives; international obligations and responsibilities of port, flag and coastal States. The role of different national competent authorities in the implementation of the PSMA and their interconnectedness. Duration: 3 hours of lectures Overview of the estimation of IUU fishing (Module: EST-102) • Understand IUU fishing concepts, the impact of IUU fishing and the reasons and methods for its quantification. Indicators of IUU fishing. Duration: 2 hours Implementation of non-binding instruments (Modules: TRAN-102; CDS-102) 
• Analysis of the provisions of non-binding instruments such as the Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment and catch documentation schemes, and the way these provisions strengthen the implementation of binding instruments. Duration: 3 hours of lectures FAO information systems (Module: FIS-102) 
• Understanding of the main information systems, notably the FAO Global Record for 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 + 2 hours practical
Full Brochure: Sixth edition of the FAO international course on fisheries law.


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