2. supporting the seafood industry for a sustainable, profitable future Low cost Vessel Monitoring Technology on UK inshore vessels – MF1214 This Defra funded project aims to develop a robust and widely accepted vessel tracking system for inshore vessels To demonstrate compliance with various fisheries management agreements, such as marine protected areas (MPAs). The project involves 30 vessels in the SW utilising GPRS (mobile phone) technology This project builds upon the success of the inshore vessel tracking project undertaken by Seafish and Fishermen http://www.seafish.org/pdf.pl?file=seafish/Documents/SR617_VMSFi nal.pdf. http://www.seafish.org/pdf.pl?file=seafish/Documents/SR617_VMSFi nal.pdf Seafish Contacts: Tom Rossiter t_rossiter@seafish.co.uk or Gus Caslake r_caslake@seafish.co.ukt_rossiter@seafish.co.uk r_caslake@seafish.co.uk

3. supporting the seafood industry for a sustainable, profitable future Low cost Vessel Monitoring Technology on UK inshore vessels – MF1214 The key Technical Aims of the project will be to: To develop a cost effective, tamperproof VMS system applicable for inshore fishing vessels To develop an online system to record and monitor vessel movements To develop a sensor system to detect and record when a vessel is fishing. To develop a system to allow fishermen to collect data on physical & environmental parameters Bring together all interested parties and stakeholders to ensure that if successful the technology will integrate will all existing and future marine information systems.