WASHINGTON, DC (January 14, 2009) – Congressman Barney Frank today urged the Coast Guard to improve the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) technology, used to track commercial fishing boats, in order to improve safety within the fishing industry.
In a letter he sent today to Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen, Frank urged the agency to “begin the process of determining whatever improvements are necessary to enable VMS technology to be used reliably for safety, and to take the necessary steps to implement those changes as soon as possible.”
Read the Congressional statement in full