CEFAS24-54 Contract for installation of Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) equipment on 119m large pelagic vessel

In the summer of 2023, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) released a consultation on the wider use of Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) on fishing vessels in English Waters (Remote electronic monitoring - Defra - Citizen Space). This consultation outlined a number of "priority fisheries", the first of which being pelagic vessels over 24m in length. The consultation also proposed a multi-stage approach, starting with a voluntary early adopter phase. Following the consultation, Defra, a...