The purpose of this UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Technical Consultation is to elaborate a draft text of a legally-binding instrument on port State measures, based on the 2001 FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and the 2005 FAO Model Scheme on Port State Measures to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (Model Scheme).  

dates: 26-30 January 2009  
venue: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters  
location: Rome, Italy  
contact: David Doulman  
fax: 39-06-570-56500  
e-mail: david.doulman@fao.org  
www: http://www.fao.org/fishery/nems/38334/en