Resolution (Amended) on the Establishment of a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) (C-14-02). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Equipment Monitoring Abstract This Resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) requires Members and Cooperating non-Members of the Commission (CPCs) to ensure that all their commercial fishing vessels 24 meters or more in length operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) and harvesting tuna or tuna-like species shall be equipped, by 1 January 2016, with a satellite-based vessel monitoring system (VMS). The information collected by the VMS for each vessel shall include specified information. If practicable, the VMS equipment should be usable to transmit to the Director the data required in the relevant IATTC Resolutions. Full text English Website www.iattc.org