In exercise of Scottish Ministers’ powers at regulation 16(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/No.165) (“the Regulations”) and for the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulations, the technical specifications for REM systems for relevant pelagic boats are that an REM system must include:— (1) a control box or storage box which is capable of— (a) housing and storing software; and (b) housing and storing, data consisting of— (i) video recordings from digital cameras; (ii) recorded data from winch sensors; or (iii) recorded data from camera-based activity sensors; and (iv) recorded data from a vessel positioning system device; (2) a sufficient number of digital cameras positioned so as to comply with the requirements of paragraph 2, each of which— (a) automatically begins recording video at the time of the first activation of a winch sensor, or first motion or AI-powered detection of a camera-based activity sensor, during the first relevant pelagic fishing operation of the fishing trip; (b) is capable of recording video at a minimum rate of 30 frames per second; (c) produces video recordings with a minimum of 2 mega pixels per frame, with a minimum horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels per frame and a minimum vertical resolution of 1080 pixels per frame; (d) has infra-red capability which is automatically enabled and is therefore capable of recording video in low light conditions; and (e) has a minimum IP Rating of IP66; (3) winch sensors which are– (a) connected to the winches by which fishing gear is deployed; (b) activated when the winches are operated; and (c) capable of detecting the operation of the winches to which they are connected for the duration of the movement of the winches; or (d) camera-based activity sensors which are- (e) activated through either motion detection or AI-powered detection when the winches are operated or nets are deployed and retrieved; and (c) capable of detecting the operation of the winches to which they are surveilling for the duration of the movement of the winches; or (d) capable of detecting the presence of the nets in water to which they are surveilling for the duration of the deployment and retrieval of any nets. (4) a vessel positioning system device which automatically stores in the control box or storage box, at intervals of at least once every 10 seconds, the following information:— (a) the pelagic boat’s unique identifier; (b) the most recent geographical position of the pelagic boat using co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 Reference System (WGS 84)(7) and with a position error of less than 10 metres; (c) the date and time of the fixing of each geographical position of the pelagic boat expressed in Co-ordinated Universal Time; (d) the speed and course of the pelagic boat at that time; and (e) the estimated accuracy of the fixing of each geographical position of the pelagic boat; (5) a means of enabling the master to view the recorded data and video recordings in real time on board the pelagic boat on which the system is installed, for example, a monitor within the wheelhouse; (6) a means of allowing a British sea-fishery officer, from a position inside the wheelhouse of the pelagic boat, to extract data held in the control box or storage box; (7) the capability of enabling remote access to the REM system; (8) a means of automatically transmitting the recorded data and vessel positioning system device data from the REM system to any off-vessel data storage system owned, operated or hosted by or on behalf of the manufacturer of the REM system – (a) at least once in a 24 hour period; and (b) in a manner which ensures that the recorded data— (i) cannot be altered in any way after the data are recorded by the REM system; and (ii) are transmitted in a secure manner; (9) if a vessel master, owner or charterer (if any) chooses to store video data off- vessel, a means of automatically transmitting the video recordings made by the digital cameras from the REM system to any data storage system owned, operated or hosted by or on behalf of the manufacturer of the REM system – (a) no later than the automatic data transmission deadline (see section 3 below); and (b) in a manner which ensures that the video recordings— (i) cannot be altered in any way after the data are recorded by the REM system; and (ii) are transmitted in a secure manner; and (10) if a master, owner or charterer (if any) of a relevant pelagic boat chooses to store video data onboard, a means of automatically transmitting the video recordings made by the digital cameras, on request by the Scottish Government, from the REM system to any data storage system owned, operated or hosted by or on behalf of the manufacturer of your REM system – (a) no later than 5 working days from the receipt...