The National Workshop on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in Marine Fisheries, Maldives, was organized on 22-23 March 2009 in Malé, jointly by the Government of Maldives and the BOBP-IGO. Taking part were the Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, the Deputy Minister for Fisheries, representatives from the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Marine Research Centre, besides select fishers and representatives of industry. The workshop reviewed the progress of Maldives in organizing MCS of its fisheries resources, and developed an Action Plan to be considered by the government.