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The objective of this RPOA is to enhance and strengthen the overall level of fisheries management in the region, in order to sustain fisheries resourc...

This guide provides the reader with a broad explanation of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a breakdown of the articles of the PSMA, highligh...

This document contains the texts of three International Plans of Action (IPOA): the IPOA for reducing incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheri...

This report explores the many legal instruments and enforcement actions that port States can adopt in an effort to stop illegal fishing....

This is St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA−IUU). The P...

This document presents the Regional Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing (RPOA-IUU) in the...

This paper examines the fisheries CMM process within the broader framework of international law and policy for marine resource governance. It consider...

Signatories to this Code of Conduct aim to suppress transnational organised crime in the maritime domain, maritime terrorism, IUU fishing and other il...

The revised Regional Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing (RPOA-IUU) in the FCWC Region, 2019-2023, is based on outcomes of eval...

This document reports on the outcome of the IMO Sub-regional meeting on maritime security, piracy and armed robbery against ships for Western Indian O...

This paper identifies the progress achieved by individual countries in implementing internationally recognised best policies and practices against ill...

The Model Plan for the elaboration of an NPOA−IUU is designed to assist Pacific Island States give effect to the IPOA−IUU. The model incorporates ...

The main objective of the LVFO Regional Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate (IUU) Fishing (RPOA-lUU) is to: to develop and implement coordi...

This report documents an analysis of port States visited by fishing vessels using forced labour. The report highlights the need to maximize anti-traf...

This book documents the journey of eight countries joining forces to establish a sustainable and profitable tuna fishery. The book tells the story of...

This Blue Paper was prepared as input to the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, this paper provides scientific and policy background as...

This report explores the environmental impacts caused by the continued use of driftnets to catch swordfish and tuna in the Mediterranean this is despi...

This report aims to inform policy makers on the progress made in implementing measures against IUU fishing by OECD countries over the last decade, whi...

International law specifies that the country whose flag a vessel flies is responsible for controlling its activities. Certain states operate ‘open...

The registration of vessels under foreign flags is widely spread and much literature has proposed a number of factors explaining why certain flags are...