Report of the Third Meeting of the Global Record Informal Open-Ended Technical and Advisory Working Group
This is the report of the Third Meeting of the Global Record Informal Open-Ended Technical and Advisory Working Group held in Rome from 26 to 28 June 2017.
The conclusions of the meeting, as agreed by participants, are an integral part of the report.
The meeting was attended by experts from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Members, intergovernmental organisations (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO), in view of identifying the next steps towards the development of the Global Record as a tool to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Issues discussed included: the revision of the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Working Group; the progress and state of affairs of the Global Record Programme; the IHS offer for inclusion of vessel data into the Global Record; user experiences, features, functionalities, rules and procedures, and participation to the first working version of the Global Record information system; outcomes of the first meeting of the Parties of the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) in relation to the Global Record; and capacity development support.
Read the Report here.