This Recommendation provides that each flag Contracting Party, Cooperating non-Contracting Party, Entity or Fishing Entity (hereinafter referred to as CPC) shall implement a Vessel Monitoring System (hereinafter referred to as VMS) for its commercial fishing vessels exceeding 20 meters between perpendiculars or 24 meters length overall. Each CPC shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the VMS messages are transmitted and received appropriately as are prescribed in this Recommendation. In order to facilitate the transmission and receipt of position messages, the FMC of the flag State and the FMC of the coastal State shall exchange their contact information and notify each other without delay of any changes to this information. The FMC of the coastal State shall notify the flag State FMC of any interruption in the reception of consecutive position messages. The text consists of 11 Articles.
2018-01-01