With reference to his predecessor's reply to question 1645 on 14 November 2024, and noting the abilities of technological solutions to cut down on corruption, human error and illegal practices in our fisheries sector, what further progress

The document is a parliamentary question (NW582) to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment regarding progress on digitising and implementing electronic monitoring in the fisheries sector. It reports that Phase 1 of a digitisation programme for the Large Pelagic sector is focusing on standards development and system readiness, including harmonising logbook formats, creating a data standard, and designing provisional database schemas and data exchange specs for international reporting. Training plans are not yet underway pending standards approval, and end-user training has not commenced. The response emphasizes policy and technical groundwork to enable future electronic reporting and monitoring, with no current direct financial implications identified for the department at this stage.