Vessel Monitoring System Small Working Group

The Commission agreed to establish the VMS-Small Working Group (VMS-SWG) to address the VMS data gap and improve the number of vessels reporting to the Commission VMS for consideration by TCC16 (TCC15 Summary Report paragraph 211).  The Commission agreed that the SWG would be co-Chaired by Mr Viv Fernandes (Australia) and Mr Terry Boone (United States).

For general background and overview information on the WCPFC VMS please go to the WCPFC website VMS page: here

Symbol	Title	Files	Date of Issue
Circ 2020-04	Commencing the work of the VMS-SWG 2020	(245.81 KB)	12 Feb 2020
Sect_March2020	Secretariat submission to the VMS-SWG Co-chairs	(280.89 KB)	5 Mar 2020
CoChairs_March2020	Co-Chairs draft concept paper - SWG participants comments due by 17 April 2020	(36.31 KB)	24 Mar 2020
CoChairs_May2020	Co-Chairs draft concept paper version 2 - SWG participants comments due by 24 June 2020	(53.26 KB) (3.91 KB)	26 May 2020
CoChairs_Aug2020	VMS SWG - status update document - for SWG participants comments	(35.96 KB) (2.29 KB)	7 Aug 2020
WCPFC-TCC16-2020-16_rev1	VMS Small Working Group (SWG) Status Report	(393.5 KB)	11 Sep 2020
CoChairs_Nov2020	Update - 3 November 2020	(7.81 KB) (389.23 KB)	3 Nov 2020
WCPFC17-2020-VMS-SWG	VMS-SWG Report to WCPFC17 Submitted by VMS-SWG Co-Chairs	(308.59 KB)	1 Dec 2020
CoChairs_Mar2021	Update - 16 March 2021 (comments requested by 13 April 2021)	(48.68 KB) (1.52 KB)	16 Mar 2021
CoChairs_Jul2021	VMS SWG Paper and SOPs - 16 July 2021 (comments requested by Friday 13 August 2021)	(2.59 KB) (61.61 KB) (523.41 KB)	16 Jul 2021
WCPFC-TCC17-2021-15A	VMS Small Working Group (SWG) Report to TCC17	(542.89 KB)	16 Sep 2021
WCPFC18 outcomes	Excerpt of WCPFC18 decisions made in responses to VMS SWG recommendations from TCC17	(14.01 KB)	1 Dec 2021