1st Meeting of the Parties to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State

Thursday, June 8th, 2017

 

The Hon. Minister of Agriculture,Food,Forests and Fisheries, Hon. Semisi Tauelangi Fakahau has been invited to attend the 1st Meeting of the Parties to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Elimination Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing which will be held from 29 to 31 May 2017 in Oslo, Norway and it will be hosted by Government of Norway. This meeting is being convened to catalyse the implementation of the Agreement which came in to force on 5 June 2016. It is expected that parties will reaffirm their commitments as prescribed in the relevant provisions and formulate a number of actions to put the Agreement into full motion.

After the meeting in Norway, Hon. Minister will continue on from there to lead the Tonga delegation to the UN OCEAN CONFERENCE which will be held in New York City from 3rd to 9th June, 2017. Hon. Minister is accompanied by the CEO for fisheries, Dr. Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi for the above two meetings. They are expected to arrive the kingdom on the 12th June 2017.

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