The Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Prohibitions on interfering with REM systems

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11.  A person must not, in relation to an REM system installed on board a relevant scallop boat, in any way—

(a)alter, at any time before automatic transmission in accordance with the technical specifications specified by the Scottish Ministers under regulation 6(1), the data recorded by the REM system,

(b)alter, at any time before being made accessible to the Scottish Ministers in fulfilment of a request made under regulation 7(1)(b), the data recorded by the REM system,

(c)obstruct or block—

(i)the field of view of the digital cameras, or

(ii)the functioning of the winch sensors,

of the REM system during a fishing trip,

(d)interrupt any power supply to the REM system otherwise than for the purpose of repairing or replacing that system,

(e)remove the REM system otherwise than for the purpose of repairing or replacing that system,

(f)destroy, damage, render inoperative or otherwise interfere with the REM system otherwise than for the purpose of repairing or replacing that system,

(g)communicate a false geographical position for a relevant scallop boat.