This Scheme makes provision for funding satellite-tracking devices on board fishing boats which are administered in Northern Ireland and which are over 15 metres in length, as a result of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2244/2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Fisheries Act 19811 and now vested in it2, and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Scheme: