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This document contains the report of the Fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW), which was convened in San José, Costa Rica, 17–21 February 2014. The workshop was organized by the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network with the collaboration of FAO, and hosted by the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. It was sponsored by: Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization; Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture; FAO; Marine Scotland; Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain; United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Conservation International; International Seafood Sustainability Foundation; and Pew Charitable Trusts.

This document contains the report of the Fifth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW), which was convened in Auckland, New Zealand from 7–11 March 2016. The Workshop was organized by the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Network and the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand, with the collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Fifth GFETW was sponsored by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Fisheries and Oceans Canada, FAO, the Directorate of Fisheries of Norway, Marine Scotland, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

This document contains the report of the Sixth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW), which was convened in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 to 22 February 2019. The Workshop was organised by the IMCS Network and the Department of Fisheries, Thailand. The 6th GFETW was sponsored by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Directorate of Fisheries of Norway, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The theme of the 2019 GFETW was Closing the Net: Global cooperation between flag, coastal, port and market States for effective enforcement of international and domestic law.

This report contains the proceedings of the IMCS Network's first ever virtual GFETW, which took place online on 13–14 July 2021. The overall theme of the virtual GFETW was “Illuminating the unknowns – Global cooperation to eliminate the “U’s” from Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing”. The GFETW focused on an interactive format highlighting three interactive panel discussions on emerging MCS areas of interest or challenges. The event also included MCS papers, presentations, and short videos relevant to one of the following four GFETW themes: cooperation and partnerships, risk assessment and analysis, technology as an enabler, and transparency.