; and (2) pledged to increase cooperation through regulatory bodies, such as the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific; Whereas the United States, Canada, and 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Agreement, done at Rome November 22, 2009 (commonly known as the Port State Measures Agreement ), which was facilitated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and entered into force in June 2016, setting standards for the reporting and inspection of fishing activities of foreign-flagged vessels at port; Whereas governments in Latin America and the Caribbean often lack the capacity to effectively monitor and prosecute IUU fishing, with many countries in the region investing less than 10 percent of their fisheries budgets on monitoring and surveillance; Whereas regional fisheries management organizations, such as the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, establish conservation and management standards, but face difficulties in enforcing such standards and executing coordinated action to counter IUU fishing; Whereas Uruguay is seeking to advance the creation of a regional fisheries management organization with Brazil and Argentina to combat IUU fishing in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, which is the only sea area in the world without a fisheries management government structure; Whereas the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, which was approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 4511(a) )— (1) prohibits subsidies for vessels or operators involved in IUU fishing; (2) requires customs inspections for shipments at ports of entry; (3) prohibits the importation of goods made by forced labor; and (4) requires efforts to seek the elimination of forced labor