Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36183 by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2025, when it expects to finalise any requirement for remote electronic monitoring on (a) inshore and (b) offshore trawl fleets.
Our Fisheries Management Strategy sets out actions to support the fishing fleet to modernise, and for appropriate use to be made of new and additional technology, including remote electronic monitoring (REM). As part of this the Scottish Government has already delivered on our commitment to introduce REM requirements for pelagic and scallop vessels, with legislation being passed in June 2024. The legislation can be found at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/165/contents/made
Our commitment to improve the inshore fisheries evidence base through the use of appropriate and proportionate onboard electronic technology monitoring on under 12 metre vessels is currently being progressed.
Further rollout of remote electronic monitoring to other fleets, including offshore trawl vessels, is under review and options will be developed alongside our Future Catching Policy.