FS72 October 2012 Fully Documented Fishery

Summary

Electronic monitoring has been employed by fisheries managers around the world over the past 20 or so years. Electrically powered technologies tend to be a cost effective means of monitoring activity and currently all (EU) fishing vessels over 15 metres are required to have a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). This fact sheet presents the key details on a new and developing electronic fisheries monitoring tool - onboard video cameras as part of a fully documented fishery. Updated October 2012.

Author

• Karen Green

Publication date

01 October 2012