The effectiveness of port state measures (PSM) is never as strong as when authorising unloading in the port where the fish leaves the vessel. For PSM to work, one needs a sound system of...
port state measures (PSM)
Marshall Islands lodges IUU fishing plan with FAO
The Republic of Marshall Islands has formally lodged its intention to become a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Director of...
The illegal, the unreported and the unregulated, and their presence in the WCPO
If you were to speak about “IUU fishing” 10 or 15 years ago, only a few fish nerds would have known what you were saying. Even today, when there is much more known about it, it is still a complex...
FFC adopts the FFA regional PSM framework: media release
HONIARA, 5 August 2020 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) has successfully sanctioned the regional Port State Measure (PSM) framework at its 114th meeting, held in...
Skilled fisheries officers a critical part of effective port state measures, as Marshall Islands charge shows
There is a lot written by many fisheries organisations in the world about the port state measure (PSM), from the FAO PSM Agreement, to the WCPFC PSM CMM and IOTC PSM CMM, to FFA's developing PSM...
Advocate for fair fishing the 2019 seafood champion of the world
All smiles … Francisco Blaha and a Solomon Islander at work on a pole-and-line vessel in 2010. Francisco is this year’s SeaWeb Seafood Champion for advocacy. We profile him here. (Photo: Francisco Blaha)
The Marshall Islands and Thailand establish cooperation and exchange of information to prevent IUU fishing practices
Republished from Francisco Blaha's Blog FEBRUARY 23, 2019 I have been at the 6th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) here in Bangkok since the 18 February. As we ( the Marshall...
Pamela Maru, fisheries management adviser
Republished from INFOFISH (www.infofish.org) in INFOFISH International, Issue 6, 2018. In January, Pamela will take up a new position as Secretary for the Ministry of Marine Resources, Cook Islands....
The types of states in a catch documentation scheme
Republished from Francisco Blaha's blog, 14 March 2018 by Francisco Blaha I promised that I would slowly digest and post parts of our CDS publication to bring some of the key elements to the...
Targeting illegal fishing: Port state measure adopted at WCPFC14
The 14th Regular Session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopts Port State Measures. Published 7 Dec 2017
