====== Alerts ====== Monitorifsh performs **real time fraud detection** using VMS, logbook and regulations data. The types of fraud currenlty detected are : * trawling in the french 3 nautical miles coastal strip * fishing in the french 12 nautical miles coastal strip by a non-french vessel (excluding historic fishing rights for certains states) * fishing in the french Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by a non-Community vessel * undeclared fishing activity : VMS track showing fishing activity with no corresponding Fishing Activity Report (FAR) in the electronic logbook * undeclared departure at sea : VMS track showing a departure at sea with no corresponding Departure (DEP) declaration in the electronic logbook * suspicion of under-declaration : fishing effort non consistent with declared quantities * RTC fishing alert : VMS track showing fishing activity in a Real Time Closure (RTC) area * NEAFC fishing alert : VMS track showing fishing activity in the NEAFC area (subject to authorization by NEAFC) * exceeding the maximum authorized blue ling (BLI) quantity held onboard : logbook data showing more than 6 tons of blue ling (BLI) onboard a vessel present in area 27.6.a, which is the maximum quantity authorized by R(UE) 1241. * user-defined configurable alerts : to detect ad-hoc behaviour, focus monitoring in a certain area... When signs of fraud are detected on a vessel, it appears on the map with a red halo : .. image:: _static/img/3-miles-trawling-alert.png :width: 800 :alt: Map showing a vessel's VMS track which presents signs of illegal trawling in the 3 nautical miles coastal strip *Map showing a vessel's VMS track which presents signs of illegal trawling in the 3 nautical miles coastal strip* Alerts are then humanly checked and validated / invalidated. Validated alerts become *reportings* which are stored in the Monitorfish database and added to the vessel's history. Alerts make use of the fishing detection algorithm of the :doc:`enrich position flow `.