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Fisheries monitored by VMS

• Foreign licensed fishing vessels
• Foreign-owned New Zealand fishing vessels
• Registered fish carriers
• New Zealand fishing vessels exceeding 28 metres in overall length
• New Zealand fishing vessels of 28 metres or less in length that are used at any time during a fishing year in fishing for orange roughy or scampi
• New Zealand fishing vessels of any class specified by the chief executive by notice in the Gazette given for the purposes of this regulation after consultation with an organisation considered by the chief executive to be representative of the classes of persons having an interest in New Zealand fishing vessels or foreign chartered fishing vessels
• Individual New Zealand fishing vessels specified by the chief executive by notice in writing to the person who registered the vessel under section 103 of the Act.
• New Zealand flagged vessels fishing on the high seas
• Foreign fishing vessels that land their catch in New Zealand

Number of vessels monitored by VMS

• Total: 129
• New Zealand vessels: 83
• Foreign vessels: 46

By vessel type:

• Trawler: 92
• Longliner: 16
• Jigger: 14
• Purse seiner: 6

Vessel size range (overall length)

• Over 100 m: 8
• 80-100 m: 10
• 60-80 m: 30
• 40-60 m: 28
• 28-40 m: 26
• Under 28 m: 27

Purpose of VMS monitoring

• Monitor compliance with fisheries regulations, including fishing inside Territorial Seas, closed areas and within the EEZ.
• Validation of catch return information.

Security measures

• Shipboard: stringent type approval specifications for shipboard equipment
• Communications: encrypted Internet and X.25
• Control centre: physical and electronic security measures

Legal framework

• New Zealand Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993.

Funding strategy

• Vessel operators fund equipment purchase and installation.
• New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries funds operational costs from vessel operators, through the Compliance budget and through the application of the VMS Registration Fee of NZ$180 per annum.

Staffing level

• 2 Full time equivalent (Fisheries Analyst VMS - 1 full time, Fisheries Analyst - 1 half time, Surveillance Operations Analyst - 1 half time).

Additional integrated programmes

• None

Anticipated growth over next five years

• Unknown