Vessel Monitoring System definition

Vessel Monitoring System or “VMS” means the systems employed by FFA members and coordinated by the FFA to monitor the position and activities of foreign fishing vessels for the purpose of effective management of fisheries.

Vessel Monitoring System. (VMS) means a satellite-based monitoring system which, at regular intervals, provides VMS position reports;

Vessel Monitoring System means any system to monitor the position and activities of fishing vessels for the purpose of effective management of fisheries;

Examples of Vessel Monitoring System in a sentence

• OLE will publish and maintain the list of type-approved units on their Vessel Monitoring System web page.

• Each Contracting Party shall ensure that its FMC receives Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) reports and messages, and that the FMC is equipped with computer hardware and software enabling automatic data processing and electronic data transmission.

• Carrier vessels authorised for at-sea transhipment shall be required to install and operate a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).

• A requestor must submit a written type-approval request and electronic copies of supporting materials that include the information required under this section to the NMFS Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) at: U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Office of Law Enforcement; Attention: Vessel Monitoring System Office; 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, Suite 3301, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

• Without prejudice to the competence of the Flag State and the obligations of Union vessels towards their Flag State Fishing Monitoring Centre, each Union vessel shall comply with the FFA Vessel Monitoring System (FFA VMS) currently applicable in the Cook Islands' fishing areas.

More Definitions of Vessel Monitoring System

Vessel Monitoring System means a satellite-based reporting system to monitor the position and activities of fishing vessels for the purpose of effective management of fisheries.

Vessel Monitoring System means a reporting system capable of monitoring fishing and related activities of fishing vessels, including, but not limited to, the determination of a vessel’s identity, position, course and speed, and special codes and may include the use of an automatic location communicator.

Vessel Monitoring System. (VMS) means a system that uses technological and satellite communications to locate fishing vessels, and through which automatic information can be obtained on the positioning, speed, direction and other data relating to a fishing vessel that allows for a better monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing activities;

Vessel Monitoring System means the system employed by the Pacific Island States and co-ordinated by the Forum Fisheries Agency to monitor the position and activities of fishing vessels for the purposes of the effective management of fisheries.

Vessel Monitoring System or “VMS” means the

Vessel Monitoring System means a reporting system capable of monitoring fishing and related activities of fishing vessels, including, but not limited to, the determination of a vessel’s identity, position, course and speed, and special codes and may include the use of an automatic location communicator.(2) This Act has extra-territorial application and any court of Tonga in which an offence under this Act, or any regulation made under it, is tried, shall have jurisdiction for the purpose of this Act.

Vessel Monitoring System means a system of tracking movement of a fishing vessel through electronic transmission from a gadget placed on the vessel via satellite to surveillance centre on land;