Written Question · S5W-26513 · Session 5
Whether trawlers longer than 12 metres will be required to be fitted with new remote electronic monitoring systems as part of the Modernisa…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government whether trawlers longer than 12 metres will be required to be fitted with new remote electronic monitoring systems as part of the Modernisation of Scotland's Inshore Commercial Fishing Fleet programme.
The answer
The first phase of the Modernisation of the Inshore Fleet Programme will extend remote electronic monitoring to the Scottish scallop fleet, regardless of length. As noted in our Future of Fisheries Management National Discussion Paper we intend to work with stakeholders to consider appropriate and proportionate use of REM on other mobile vessels in the Scottish fleet.
Vessels greater than 12 metres in length are already subject to electronic monitoring via their requirement to be fitted both with a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and an electronic logbook.
Vessels greater than 12 metres in length are already subject to electronic monitoring via their requirement to be fitted both with a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and an electronic logbook.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-26513 by reference.