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New International Accord to Tackle Illegal Fishing

2016-05-27 18:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: A new international accord to tackle illegal and under-reported fishing will come into force on June 5. Under the Port States Measures Agreement (PSMA) governments will be required to inspect foreign fishing vessels that dock in their ports. "The vessels themselves have the obligation to prove that their condition and the catches that they have on board are in fact taken legitimately," Matthew Camilleri, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)'s chief shepherd of the Port State Measures...

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