New Zealand regulations for on-board cameras on commercial fishing vessels came into effect in 2018.
Since then, we’ve been developing the systems and processes to support this, and are now putting cameras on some fishing vessels. The regulations will apply to these vessels from 1 November 2019 in a defined fishing area on the west coast of the North Island.
Currently, a holding date of 1 July 2020 has been set before the on-board camera regulations apply to other commercial fishing vessels.
Verification and monitoring will be more important in some fisheries than others. The 1 November roll-out prioritises commercial fishing vessels with the greatest risk of encountering the critically endangered Māui dolphin.
This roll-out of on-board cameras will allow us time to refine systems and processes before we consider expanding the camera programme across more of the commercial fishing fleet.
Alan L wrote: Hmm - must be too difficult for Sandfords?? Alan
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