Madagascar develops interagency cooperation for PSMA implementation

Madagascar develops interagency cooperation for PSMA implementation

January 2020 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO), Sally Frankcom (Communications Officer) and JD Kotze (MCS Expert) represented Stop Illegal Fishing at an Interagency Workshop on the Implementation of Port State Measures, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 28-30 January 2020.

The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAEP) with support from the GIZ funded Port State Measures to Stop Illegal Fishing (PSM-SIF) project. The meeting was opened by Mr Désiré Tilahy, Secretary General of Fisheries at MAEP, he noted that Madagascar is part of the great family of 64 countries that have signed the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), which offers great potential as a means of ending illegal fishing.