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PART 2 FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN ACTION
It is widely accepted that the Global Record
will play an important role in support of the
PSM A and other international instruments
such as the United Nations Fish Stocks
Agreement, particularly by providing reliable,
up-to-date information about the identit y and
characteristics of vessels and their activities
which is useful for counterchecking the
information provided by the masters of vessels
when requesting entr y into port or upon
arrival in port. The information is also useful
in risk analysis on which to base inspection
decisions. This global tool will not only be
useful to port and coastal States, but also to
f lag States, which can check on the histor y of a
vessel (names, f lags, owners and operators)
when taking decisions on registering vessels
under their f lag. It will also provide valuable
information to market States on the legal (or
not) origin of the fisher y products that enter
national and international markets,
particularly through linkages with catch
documentation schemes through the Unique
Vessel Identifier.
before it entered into force, setting examples for
the other Parties. At the regional level, the
number of R FMOs that have adopted
conser vation and management measures
regarding IUU fishing, and more specifically
regarding port State measures, has continued to
increase. Also at the regional level, initiatives to
combat IUU fishing have increased in number
and scope, including the adoption of Regional
Plans of Action to combat IUU fishing,
workshops and conferences. Achievements in
combating IUU are expected to grow with the
increased uptake and implementation of the
PSM A and as the global commitment to combat
IUU fishing continues to build.
Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated
Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels
The Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated
Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global
Record) was launched in April 2017, less than a
year after the entry into force of the PSMA. This
information system, which has been widely
supported by FAO Members and Observers, is
expected to close the information gap on vessels
carrying out fishing and fishing-related activities.
In addition to recording identification information
such as registration, vessel characteristics and
ownership, it also includes information relevant to
the fight against IUU fishing such as previous
vessel names, owners and operators as well as
authorizations to fish, transship or supply and
history of compliance.
Catch documentation schemes
Voluntar y Guidelines on Catch Documentation
Schemes were officially approved by the
Conference of FAO in July 2017, following a
lengthy development process.
The first documentation scheme was the
Trade Documentation Scheme, introduced by
the International Commission for the
Conser vation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in
1992. Catch documentation was first formally
mentioned in the International Plan of Action
to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal,
Unreported and Unreg ulated Fishing (FAO,
2001) under “Internationally agreed market–
related measures”. In the Fisheries Resolution
adopted by the UN General Assembly in
December 2013, UN Member States expressed
serious concerns over the continued threat to
fish stocks and aquatic ecosystems presented
by IUU fishing, and recognized FAO’s work
on CDSs and traceabilit y. The resolution
called on Member States to work with FAO to
elaborate g uidelines and other relevant
criteria relating to CDSs (including possible
formats), in accordance with international
This first version of the Global Record, initially
available to FAO Members for data upload, was
developed with the contributions of experts from
FAO Member Countries and obser vers through
the Global Record Working Group and
Specialized Core Groups. These groups facilitated
not only the design of the tool itself, but also the
standardization of data exchange mechanisms
and data formats, which is necessar y for such a
global system. States with some of the world’s
major f leets have already submitted data, and it is
expected that other States will contribute before
long. FAO’s target is to release the Global Record
to the public in 2018, making the data available
to all stakeholders and demonstrating the
international commitment to increase
transparency and deter IUU fishing.
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