VMS is a tool used in Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) of fishing vessels. VMS contributes to fisheries management by recording information on a vessel's position and activity and enhancing other MCS devices.
The International MCS Network is an arrangement of national organizations/institutions in charge of fisheries-related
MCS activities, which have been authorized by their countries, to coordinate and cooperate in order to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU)
fishing.
