Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
While the United States is a party to the Agreement, the views expressed in this Note are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. government.
1 Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, opened for signature Nov. 22, 2009, 129 Stat. 664 (entered into force June 5, 2016) [hereinafter PSMA], available at http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/legal/docs/037se.pdf.
2 Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, art. XIV, ¶ 1, Oct. 16, 1945, 60 Stat. 1886.
3 Towards the Quantification of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the Pacific Islands Region, MRAG Asia Pacific (2016), available at http://www.ffa.int/files/FFA%20Quantifying%20IUU%20Report%20-%20Final.pdf.
4 See PSMA, supra note 1, art. 1(e); Food & Agric. Org. of the UN, International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (2001) [hereinafter IPOA], available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/y1224e/y1224e00.pdf.
5 IPOA, supra note 4, ¶ 3.1.
6 Id. ¶ 3.2.
7 Id. ¶ 3.3.
8 PSMA, supra note 1, arts. 7, 8, Annex A.
9 Id. arts. 9, 10.
10 Id. art. 11.
11 Id. arts. 12, 13.
12 See, e.g., id. arts. 6, 15, 16.
13 Id. art. 21(1).
14 Id. art. 21(4).
15 Id. art. 21(6).
16 Food & Agric. Org. of the UN, New Era Beckons with Implementation of Illegal Fishing Treaty (July 11, 2016), http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/424284/icode.