Parties to the PSMA
The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was approved by the FAO Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session (Rome, 18-23 November 2009) under paragraph 1 of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution, through Resolution No 12/2009 dated 22 November 2009.
The Agreement entered into force on 5 June 2016.
These are the current Parties to the Agreement:
1. Albania | 31. Iceland | 61. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2. Angola | 32. Indonesia | 62. Sao Tome and Principe |
3. Australia | 33. Japan | 63. Saudi Arabia |
4. Bahamas | 34. Kenya | 64. Senegal |
5. Bangladesh | 35. Liberia | 65. Seychelles |
6. Barbados | 36. Libya | 66. Sierra Leone |
7. Benin | 37. Madagascar | 67. Somalia |
8. Cabo Verde | 38. Maldives | 68. South Africa |
9. Cambodia | 39. Marshall Islands | 69. Sri Lanka |
10. Canada | 40. Mauritania | 70. Sudan |
11. Chile | 41. Mauritius | 71. Thailand |
12. China | 42. Mexico | 72. Timor-Leste |
13. Comoros | 43. Montenegro | 73. Togo |
14. Costa Rica | 44. Morocco | 74. Tonga |
15. Cuba | 45. Mozambique | 75. Trinidad and Tobago |
16. Côte d'Ivoire | 46. Myanmar | 76. Türkiye |
17. Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Associate Member) | 47. Namibia | 77. Tuvalu |
18. Djibouti | 48. New Zealand | 78. Ukraine |
19. Dominica | 49. Nicaragua | 79. United Kingdom |
20. Ecuador | 50. Nigeria | 80. United Republic of Tanzania |
21. Eritrea | 51. Norway | 81. United States of America |
22. European Union – Member Organization | 52. Oman | 82. Uruguay |
23. Fiji | 53. Palau | 83. Vanuatu |
24. France (in respect of overseas territories) | 54. Panama | 84. Viet Nam |
25. Gabon | 55. Papua New Guinea | |
26. Gambia | 56. Peru | |
27. Ghana | 57. Philippines | |
28. Grenada | 58. Republic of Korea | |
29. Guinea | 59. Russian Federation | |
30. Guyana | 60. Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Updated information relative to the Status of individual Parties is available here.