Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/156).

These Regulations, consisting of 30 sections divided into three Parts, provide for the electronic monitoring of vessels used to fish under permits issued under section 91 or 113H of the Fisheries Act 1996. When a vessel is on a fishing trip under one of those permits, fishing and fish taken must be filmed, the transportation of fish on the vessel (whether taken under the permit or not) must be filmed, and associated information must be recorded.
Part 1 provides for specific matters regarding the installation and use of electronic monitoring equipment. Part 2 provides for matters regarding vessel-specific monitoring plans. Part 3: provides for offences and penalties for the breach of certain regulations (regulation 26); sets out a general defense and specific defenses for the breach of certain regulations (regulation 27); and specifies some offences as infringement offences (regulation 28).