FS34 - 09.09 September 2009 Inshore Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS)

Summary

It is becoming increasingly important that vessels fishing inshore have a way to provide evidence that they are complying with local voluntary and statutory environmental management agreements. Seafish was approached by the South West Fishermen’s Association (SWIFA) to look at inshore vessel monitoring systems for scallop vessels working in Lyme Bay. This fact sheet summarises pilot trials on two different types of system fitted on five vessels fishing from various ports in South West England.

Authors

• Richard Caslake,
• Karen Green

Publication Reference No.

FS34_09.09

Publication date

01 September 2009