These regulations, which come into force on 30 June 2020, amend the Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017 (the principal regulations) and defer the date by which certain vessels must comply with the principal regulations. Those regulations 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,—

• the fishing and fish taken must be filmed; and

• the transportation of fish on the vessel (whether taken under the permit or not) must be filmed; and

• associated information must be recorded.

The principal regulations came into force on 1 October 2018, but their application has been phased in over different periods for different classes of vessels and fishing methods. Under the principal regulations, all vessels used for fishing in any area using any fishing method were to comply with the principal regulations on and from 1 July 2020.

The effect of these regulations is to change the 1 July 2020 application date to 1 October 2021.