Commercial fishers to phase in digital monitoring from October

Commercial fishers to phase in digital monitoring from October
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth July 13 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's commercial fishers, which generate about $1.8 billion of annual exports, will have to start installing digital monitoring devices from October in a new regulatory regime which seeks to get better information to manage the country's fisheries system.  Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy today announced new regulations which will require all trawl vessels 28 metres and longer to use geospatial position reporting and electronic log books from October this year, representing about 70 pe...