#TECM2612209AFrance updates the rollout schedule for electronic reporting by small professional fishing vessels
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This order updates the timetable for when professional fishing vessels under 12 metres must switch to electronic catch and activity declarations. It replaces Annex 10 of the 2015 reporting rules with a phased schedule covering different fleets, licences, species and regions. The change affects small fishing vessel operators in mainland France and overseas territories. Some fleets must already move in 2025 or 2026, while others have deadlines in 2027 or 2028. Operators should check whether their licence, fishing area, species, or vessel registration location places them in an earlier group.
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Key Changes
- Replaces Annex 10 of the 2015 maritime fishing reporting order with a new phased electronic reporting schedule.
- Sets specific deadlines from July 2025 to January 2028 for different small-vessel fishing fleets.
- Includes targeted rules for vessels linked to bluefin tuna, swordfish, eel, scallops, red coral, overseas territories and other listed fisheries.
Obligations
What this law requires
Professional fishing vessels under 12 metres holding a bluefin tuna AEP or swordfish AEP must switch to electronic catch and activity declarations.
Professional fishing vessels under 12 metres holding a beach seine AEP must switch to electronic catch and activity declarations.
Captains catching glass eel must be registered on the FranceAgriMer teledeclaration portal from 1 June 2025 and must teledeclare their activities on VISIOCaptures from the first day of the 2025-2026 campaign.
Professional fishing vessels under 12 metres holding Jersey, Guernsey, or UK EEZ licences, or holding a CMEA licence and fishing eel other than glass eel, must switch to electronic catch and activity declarations.
Professional fishing vessels under 12 metres that land at least 100 kg per year of blonde ray captured in ICES area 27.8 since 1 January 2023 must switch to electronic catch and activity declarations.