Report of the Technical Consultation to Draft a Legally-binding Instrument on Port State Measures: To Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Rome, 23-27 June 2008, 26-30 January 2009, 4-8 May 2009 and 24-28 August 2009

The consultation, held in four sessions in FAO headquarters, was convened by the Director General of the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations upon the recommendation of the twenty-seventh session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries. The Technical Consultation finalized the draft Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on 28 August 2009.