The Liberian government, through the director general of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), Mrs. Emma Glassco, has signed the Cape Town Agreement, committing to the full implementation of the international fisheries protocols, according to a release.
The Cape Town Agreement, the release said provides for standards, compliance on the minimum requirements on the design, construction, equipment, and inspection of fishing vessels of 24 meters and above operating on high seas and not the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Mrs. Glassco, who signed the Cape Town Agreement on Monday, October 21, 2019 in Spain at the Ministerial Conference on Fishing vessel safety and Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in Malaga, Spain, called on all members of the IMO states to consider signing the Cape Town Agreement as one of the important aspects of the process.
She added, Liberia believes that by ratifying the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), member states will have the ability to significantly reduce the exploitation of both the oceans and the people, who depend on them.
Mrs. Glassco expressed the believe that the agreement’s entry into force would improve safety, and working conditions in one of the most dangerous professions in the world and minimize opportunities for unscrupulous operators to profit from the IUU fishing operations.
Liberian Observer Corporation