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Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Five Small Island Developing States - GCP/RLA/222/USA










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    National Plans to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing: Models for coastal and small island developing States 2004
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    This document presents case studies for use in FAO regional and subregional workshops to enhance national capacity to elaborate National Plans of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (NPOAs-IUU), in accordance with the FAO international Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing. Two model case studies are provided to show how States may develop and implement NPOA-IUUs. One case study relates to coastal States, and the other to s mall island developing States. The
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    Improving States’ Capacities to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing - GCP/INT/307/NOR 2024
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    Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines national and regional efforts to conserve and manage fish stocks, and inhibits progress towards achieving the goals of long-term sustainability. The detrimental effects of IUU fishing are particularly severe for developing coastal states and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), impacting national economies, livelihoods and the environment. In response to this phenomenon, a framework of international instruments has been developed in recent decades, the most important among them the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, commonly referred to as the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA). In this context, this Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)-funded project aimed to improve developing countries and SIDS’ capability in the cohesive implementation of provision and procedures consistent with the PSMA and related international instruments, regional mechanisms and tools to combat IUU fishing. The main recipient countries of FAO’s legal and technical assistance and capacity development comprised Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Madagascar, Namibia and Sri Lanka. Several other developing countries, both Parties and non-Parties to the PSMA, benefited from the project’s activities aimed at strengthening regional coordination and cooperation on port State measures (PSMs)/the PSMA and complementary instruments to combat IUU fishing.
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    Enhancing Countries’ Capacities to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing - GCP/INT/313/SWE 2024
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    Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing undermines national and regional efforts to conserve and manage fish stocks, and, as a consequence, inhibits progress towards achieving the goals of long-term sustainability. Developing States’ capacities to tackle IUU fishing through port state measures (PSMs) and complementary instruments and mechanisms are varied. Some are more advanced and already have established a series of measures to combat IUU fishing, and require only limited assistance to effectively fulfil their international obligations. Many have in place basic fisheries legislation based on objectives of conservation, protection and sustainability of the fisheries resources, but lack enabling policies, laws and regulations to effectively prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing. Against this background, the project aimed to improve the capacity of States for the effective implementation of PSMs and complementary monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) operations, measures and tools to combat IUU fishing.

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