Resources, documents, and laws for on-board cameras on commercial fishing vessels

On-board cameras' user guides

Spark's Quick Reference Guide [PDF, 535 KB]

Answers to questions about on-board cameras [PDF, 597 KB]

Area maps with GPS coordinates

West Coast – North Island [PDF, 1.7 MB]

North, East and South Coast – South Island [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Fisheries Management Area 1 – North Island [PDF, 1.6 MB]

Cabinet papers, consultations, and financial analysis

Wider rollout of on-board cameras on commercial fishing vessels [PDF, 900 KB]

Regulatory impact statement: Wider rollout of on-board cameras [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Financial analysis of inshore fisheries: Profitability and cost incidence of the wider rollout of the on-board cameras programme [PDF, 2.5 MB]

Cost recovery: consultation on proposed fisheries and conservation services levies 2023/2024 [PDF, 536 KB]

Wider rollout of on-board cameras consultation: Summary of responses [PDF, 1.1 MB]

On-board cameras regulations

Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017 – NZ Legislation

Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Amendment Regulations 2020 – NZ Legislation

Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Circular 2022 [PDF, 273 KB]

Schedule 1 of the Fisheries (Electronic Monitoring on Vessels) Regulations 2017

Other information about on-board cameras

On-board cameras, including rollout timeline

Privacy and on-board cameras

Exemptions for on-board cameras

On-board cameras installation process

The 2019 proof of concept for the rollout of on-board cameras

Contact us

If you have questions about on-board cameras for commercial fishing vessels, email onboardcameras@mpi.govt.nz