Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604:clause:3_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 6
Character Range: 136989–138249

6  Commission Vessel Monitoring System
6.1  A person using a boat to fish for highly migratory fish stocks on the High Seas in the Convention Area south of 20° N and east of 175° E must, while the boat remains on the high seas in the Convention Area, have an ALC:
 (a) that enables the WCPFC to monitor the true location of the boat; and
 (b) that is of the minimum standard mentioned in Annex 1 to the WCPFC Conservation and Management Measure on the Commission Vessel Monitoring System; and
 (c) that is used in accordance with the Standards, specifications and procedures (SSP) for the fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
Note: The following documents could in 2015 be viewed on the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission's website (http://www.wcpfc.int):
               (a) Annex 1 to the WCPFC Conservation and Management Measure on the Commission Vessel Monitoring System;
               (b) Standards, specifications and procedures (SSP) for the fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
6.2  In this clause:
Automatic Location Communicator (or ALC) means a near real‑time satellite position fixing transmitter.