Progress report for
Swedish support to FAO for developing countries implementation of Port State Measures Agreement, the Global Registry and technical consultations for the marking of fishing gear.
Achievement at a glance
Sweden.s support to FAO, of SEK 50 million, consists of three parts:Support for the umbrella program for "Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing" (PSMA)
Support for Global Record of Fishing Vessels (SEK 7.2 million)
Support for the technical consultation on the marking of fishing gear (SEK 1.5 million).
On February 5-9, 2018, FAO held the technical consultation on guidelines for the marking of fishing gear. The purpose is to prevent and reduce the presence of abandoned fishing gear, or ghost gear. Marking of fishing gear is a tool that may prevent that fishing nets and other fishing gear, are abandoned, discarded or lost at sea. Such labeling can also contribute to more efficient fisheries management
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and may assist in the prevention and identification of unreported and unregulated fishing (ie IUU fishing).
Beneficiaries
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