Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Marine Management Organisation had with suppliers of inshore vessel monitoring systems other than Maritime Systems Ltd before deciding on type approval.


Answered by
Mark Spencer Portrait
Mark Spencer
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 9th June 2023

The current I-VMS Project that facilitates access to U12 fishers in England, to secure an I-VMS device, did so through a ‘Type Approval’ process. This process required suppliers of I-VMS devices to demonstrate that their device met the I-VMS Functional Technical Specification, which included agreeing to Requirements of Participation.

All prospective suppliers were invited to engagement workshops ahead of any formal decision making relating to the approval of their devices’ Type Approved status.

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