Commercial fishing – guidance notes

This page has the recently updated guidance notes relating to commercial fishing within the territorial sea and also for Manx vessels fishing outside of the territorial sea. This includes information for all vessels relating to logbooks, electronic logbooks and VMS (Vessel Monitoring System). The guidance notes cover the legislation surrounding logbooks and VMS, including what you must do in the event of any technical issues with your system hardware.

Any further information can be obtained by calling +44 1624 685857 or emailing fisheries@gov.im.

Manx vessels fishing outside of the territorial sea

• Guidance 1 - IOM vessels fishing outsuide of the TS
  
  

Fishing Activity Logbook and eLog

• Guidance 2 - Fishing logbooks
• Fishing Activity Log Instructions
  
  

Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)

• Guidance 3 - Vessel Monitoring System VMS
  
  

Shellfish activity logbook

• Shellfish Activity Log Instructions