• REC.MCS-GFCM/33/2009/7 concerning minimum standards for the establishment of a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) in the GFCM area
• Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Vessel Monitoring System as a Monitoring, Control and Surveillance tool (Rome, Italy, 23 September 2008)

• The use of VMS in Joint Control Operations (by José Navarro García – Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA), Vigo, Spain)
• Progress in the analysis of VMS data: Scientific insights from the Italian experience (by Tommaso Russo – Università di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
• Location and Track System for Andalusian Fishing Vessels (SLSEPA)
  (by Juan José García Rodriguez – Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain)
• Géolocalisation des Pêches Artisanales - Expérimentation du système RECOPESCA (by Gildas Le Corre – IFREMER, Sète, France)
• The role and objectives of GFCM regarding VMS
  (by Nicola Ferri - GFCM Secretariat)
• Administrative basis for operational VMS in GFCM (by Robert Gallagher)
• VMS: the implementation (by Robert Gallagher)
• Legal issues related to VMS (by Robert Gallagher, Nicola Ferri)
• The world of artisanal vessels – New challenges for VMS (by Robert Gallagher)

Introduction to national fleet and implementation of VMS

• Albania (by Arian Palluqi, Mariglen Biti)
• Bulgaria (by Konstantin Petrov, Ivelina Bektchieva)
• Croatia (by Neda Skakelja)
• Italy (by Luigia Caiazzo, Simone Serra)
• Malta (by Christopher Sciberras)
• Montenegro (by Nada Lakicevic, Milena Krasic)
• Morocco (by Tarik Boufdili, Mohamed Benbari)
• Spain (by Jason Clayton Hermida, Eduardo Barandalla Hernández)
• Tunisia (by Naoufel Haddad, Donia Sohlobji)
• Turkey (by Murat Toplu)