When quad grouping is seen to track and overcome illegal fishing, not reported and not regulated (IUU) in Indo-Pacific, ambitious efforts to install a satellite-based vehicle monitoring system (VMS) for small fishing vessels (less than 20 million) throughout The country in the country in the country in the country in the country in the country in that country in that country in that country in the coastline after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks still had to be launched. Although the pilot study was conducted, this project remained stuck, according to government officials.
“Tracking our small fishing vessels is something that has been delayed since 26/11, but has been jammed mainly for two reasons,” said a government official on condition anonymity. “Fishermen do not want to be marked because they do not want their illegal activities to be recorded and they are skeptical that other people will know where there is good catch. The second is that fishing is the subject of the state and there is local politics involved, “said the official.The official further stated that there was no law to force fishermen to install transponders and efforts by the Ministry of Fisheries to assess the 2021 Indian Fisheries Bill which included this has been repeatedly delayed due to opposition from states and fishermen.
Quad initiative
Quad grouping, consisting of India, Australia, Japan and the US, announced at the Tokyo Summit last month, the ambitious Indo-Pacific Domain Awareness Domain initiative (IPMDA) for tracking “Dark” and building “faster, wider, and More accurate to track “dark” and wider maritime images than almost-real-time activities in partner waters “integrated three critical areas in the Pacific Indo-Pacific, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean (IOR).There are two main regulations globally regarding IUU Fishing – Cape Town Agreement (CTA) and agreements on the steps of the Port State (PSMA) and India, so far, not the signing of the two agreements.
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is for larger ships made for all ships above 20 meters after 26/11 by the National Committee on Maritime Strengthening and Coastal Security (NCSMC) led by the Cabinet Secretary which was established to see related problems with those related to coastal security.For smaller fishing vessels, VM, which are slightly different from AIS, are used, other officials say, explaining that AIS is a broadcast mode that can be accepted by anyone when VM is a ownership system and a person cannot accept unless the data is given. VM function provisions have transponders which submit data through satellites.
The experiment was carried out on the first 20M ship tracking was installed on a small patrol boat in Mumbai followed by a trial on a fishing vessel, both of which were successful, the official said. “Furthermore, a pilot was carried out on a small number of fishing vessels along Gujarat Beach and Tamil Nadu.”The trial was conducted in relation to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in one of their communication satellites and transponders had sophisticated features such as weather warnings and so on but there was no progress, officially explained further. “The experiment was carried out again in 2021 in collaboration with a successful startup. But there has been no movement since then. “
The world of fishing vessels should have a VM that not only gives a position identity, fishing vessels should also feed the catchment volume and where it captures the problem with the IUU problem.There have been concerns and actions that developed in the fishing of IUU fish that spent fish stocks, destroying sea habitats, putting fishermen in losses and impacting coastal communities, especially in developing countries.In addition, there is also a subsidy problem for fishermen. It is believed that the more subsidies given, more illegal fishing and there have been campaigns around the world against subsidies. India has been under pressure on this matter, two officials independently recorded.