Vessel Monitoring System
WCPFC3 adopted a Conservation and Management Measure for the Commission VMS (Commission Vessel Monitoring System (Revised and replaced by CMM 2007-02) (
65.99 KB)). WCPFC4 adopted an amended CMM for the Commission VMS (Commission Vessel Monitoring System ( 33.2 KB)) that includes the requirement for vessels in the Convention Area to maintain VMS transmission when they move into the part of the Convention Area bounded by 20°N and 175°E (the area for which a VMS implementation date has yet to be established) from elsewhere in the Convention Area.
Paragraph 2.6 of the Commission VMS Standards, Specifications and Procedures (SSPs) states, “In preparing the initial list of approved ALCs, the WCPFC Secretariat will take into account lists approved by existing regional and sub-regional VMS programmes, and lists approved by CCMs.” The initial list of approved Mobile Transceiver Units (MTU)/Automatic Location Communicators (ALC), prepared by the WCPFC Secretariat on 19 June 2009, was updated on 10 July 2009. MTU/ALC Type Approval List ( 76.48 KB).
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Commission’s VMS, adopted at the Sixth Annual Session of the Commission, 7-11 December 2009, Tahiti, French Polynesia is at Commission VMS Standard Operating Procedures ( 899.25 KB).
For each fishing vessel that is required to report to the Commission VMS the flag CCM will submit all necessary data indicated in the Vessel Tracking Agreement Form (VTAF) ( 36.49 KB).