Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

2010/0389(NLE)

The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

Parliament consents to the approval of the Agreement. It calls on the European Commission to actively promote the signing, ratification and implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the context of trade agreements, Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), Fisheries Partnership Agreements and the Union's development policy.