Fishing Vessel Monitoring Systems: Past, Present and Future

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VMS: Past, Present and Future 34 processing systems and of physical security at the facilities where the FMC will be installed. The second aspect has to do with actual use of the data, authorising personnel to gain access to data, at what time and under which circumstances. The exercise of determining these parameters can be significantly assisted by the application of the guiding principle of intelligence agencies, all of which distribute information on a “need to know” basis. In fisheries, it is rare that any activity other than fisheries protection and compliance should require fishing vessel position data in real time. Fisheries resource managers, for example, generally need data on the movements of fishing vessels only some months after it is gathered. Furthermore, they are unlikely to require the exact positions of vessels, nor the identities of the vessels beyond certain operational parameters, such a size and gear used. 5.3.2 Deciding who needs what and when By limiting data access on a need to know basis, the question of unauthorized access with the complicity of personnel is significantly limited. Should a data “leak” be detected, investigation of the incident can be facilitated by concentrating the enquiry on the people who had access to the sets of data that were leaked. Furthermore, limiting the access has a clear deterrent effect, as anyone intending to engage in illicit activities will feel vulnerable knowing that his is part of a delimited and identifiable group. These issues take on a more multifaceted aspect when VMS data is shared between entities. This could either be at the level of region-to-region, within the same country, or country-to-country, or country to regional authority or between regional authorities. Given a background of issues of sovereignty or autonomy, the security issue is unlikely to be resolved under the direction of a given region, country or regional organization. The only way forward is for each entity to provide its partners with detailed descriptions of the security measure that it has in place, and that all participating entities agree upon strict guidelines as to precisely what data is to be shared, and under what circumstances it is to be shared. The security specifications provided with the partners, along with the mutually agreed guidelines, thus form a kind of “code of practice” for their VMS cooperation. These documents should then be formalised in an appropriate instrument. 5.4 Legal framework In order for VMS to reap maximum advantages, an adequate legal and administrative framework must be in place in order to oblige target vessels to
VMS: Past, Present and Future 35 comply with VMS requirements. This framework usually takes one of two forms: the passage of national legislation to make compliance a matter of law, or a modification of existing fisheries regulations, so as to make compliance a condition of receiving a fishing license. Most countries, whose legal systems permit such action, prefer the latter, as the administrative procedure to modify fisheries regulations is generally simpler and faster than drafting and approving new legislation. In addition to the compliance framework, it is also of the essence that the legislation or license requirements foresee penalties for non-compliance that are commensurate with the seriousness of illegal fishing. Many coastal states levy fines measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars, plus confiscation of catch and, often, impounding of the offending vessel. In any case, the key is to establish penalties that are effective deterrents. Failing this, the effort and expenditure necessary to implement VMS, and even MCS, would be questionable.
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