The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

Parties have agreed that: (i) the GIES should 
have the ability to connect and complement 
existing national and regional port State systems 
already in place, while also providing the option 
for Parties that do not yet have such a system 
available to them to access the GIES directly; 
(ii) active participation by States in the Global 
Record (see 
Box 10
) is important to maximize 
the potential of the Global Record to support 
the functioning of the GIES; and (iii) the GIES 
should be operational as soon as possible.
Requirements of developing States
Developing States Parties, constituting the 
majority of Parties to the PSMA, are key to 
ensuring widespread implementation of the 
PSMA. In recognition of this, the Parties 
established a dedicated working group, 
the Part 6 Working Group, to address the 
requirements of developing States Parties. 
Through the Part 6 Working Group, Parties have 
established an assistance fund for developing 
States Parties to receive capacity development 
support for the implementation of the PSMA 
(
Box 11
). In addition, the Parties tasked FAO 
with developing a global portal for capacity 
development to combat IUU fishing, which 
will aim to consolidate information on capacity 
development initiatives worldwide to allow for 
better coordination and cohesion among actors. 
Monitoring and evaluation