Hail Messages
As a professional fisherman with a vessel of 75 GRT / 120 GT or more, you are obliged to send hail messages regardless of whether you fish in or outside Greenland’s fishing territory. You must report in the following situations:
- When your vessel arrives in Greenland’s fishing territory (notice of arrival)
- When your vessel is going to start fishing (notice of action)
- When your vessel continues to fish between an active and a passive message (weekly message)
- When your vessel sails out of Greenland’s fishing territory (note of departure)
- Before your vessel sails out of Greenland’s fishing territory and has stopped fishing (notice of end of action)
The hail messages shall be sent by email to GFLK, GF**@na***.gl, or by fax to +299 34 63 60, and to Arctic Command (AKO), fk***********@fi**.dk.
Foreign vessels as well are required to send hail messages to GFLK and AKO.
For all foreign vessels as well as certain Greenlandic vessels, there is an obligation to notify arrival to or departure from Greenland’s fishing territory.
There are several types of hail messages depending on the vessel’s situation. References in brackets to Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri. Every type of message does follow the same template for header data, though.
(Disclaimer: this is an unofficial English translation subject to change once an official has been made)
Header Data
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, bilag 1 afsnit 1.
Data which must be included in all reports concerning fishing activities.
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of Arrival
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, § 10 stk. 1-2
A vessel must give a notice of arrival, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2a, at least five days before expected arrival to Greenland’s fishing territory.
Paragraph 2. The purview in paragraph 1 also concerns Greenlandic vessel that intend to sail into international fishing territories with the intent of fishing.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of leaving port
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §11 stk. 1-2
A Greenlandic vessel with license to fish that leaves harbour must send a notice of leaving port, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2b, after having sailed out and no later than 1 hour after leaving port or unloading position and before it begins fishing. Corrections to the contents must be sent before fishing is started and no later than 12 hours after having left port or unloading position.
Paragraph 2: A foreign vessel with a Greenlandic license to fish that is already within Greenlandic fishing territory must send a notice of leaving port, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2b, no later than 1 hour after leaving port or unloading position and before the vessel begins fishing.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of sailing in
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §12 stk. 1-3.
A Greenlandic vessel with a license to fish must at least 24 hours prior to sailing into a fishing territory to which it holds a license send a notice of sailing in, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2c. Corrections to the content must be sent before sailing in.
Paragraph 2: A foreign vessel with a Greenlandic license must, before sailing into the Greenlandic fishing territory, send a notice of sailing in, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2c, at least 24 hours prior. Corrections to the content must be sent before sailing in.
Paragraph 3: A foreign vessel with a Greenlandic license to fish outside the Greenlandic fishing territory must send a notice of sailing, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2c, before it begins fishing on the Greenlandic license. Corrections to the content must be sent before sailing in.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of catch
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §13 stk. 1-3.
Any vessel that has Greenland as its flag state must register all fishing activity from pull to pull and at least once daily. From the time of departure from a harbour they must a notice of catch, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2d, at latest 11:59 UTC. The requirement also applies to zero catches and regardless of whether there has been any fishing activity or not. The requirement to send notices of catch expires when arriving at a harbour.
Paragraph 2: A foreign vessel that has a Greenlandic license to fish must register all fishing activity from pull to pull and at least once daily. From the time it arrives in Greenlandic territory or sail out of a Greenlandic harbour, they must a notice of catch, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2d, at latest 11:59 UTC. The requirement also applies to zero catches and regardless of whether there has been any fishing activity or not. The requirement to send notices of catch expires when arriving at a harbour.
Paragraph 3: A foreign vessel that has Greenlandic license to fish in international territory must register all fishing activity from pull to pull and at least once daily send a notice of catch cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2d, at latest 11:59 UTC while it has fishing activities on a Greenlandic license. The requirement also applies to zero catches and regardless of whether there has been any fishing activity or not.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of transshipment – donor, before transshipment
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §14 stk. 1.
A vessel must send a notice of transshipment, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2e, at latest 24 hours before transshipment to another vessel.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of transshipment – donor, after transshipment
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §14 stk. 6.
A vessel from which a transshipment has taken place must send a notice of transshipment, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2f, at latest 1 hour after the transshipment.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Transshipment – recipient
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, §15 stk. 1.
A vessel to which a transshipment has taken place must send a notice of transshipment, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2g, at latest 1 hour after the transshipment.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Port notice
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, § 16 stk. 1.
A vessel must send a port notice, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2h, no later than 24 hours before arriving at port. However, vessels that have only fresh fishery products onboard are required to send a port notice at latest before arriving at port.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of departure
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, § 17 stk. 1.
A vessel must send a notice of departure, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2i, no sooner than 60 hours and no later than 48 hours before expected departure from Greenland’s fishing territory.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
Notice of sailing out
Selvstyrets bekendtgørelse nr. 23 af 22. juni 2021 om kontrol med fiskeri, § 18 stk. 1.
A vessel must send a notice of sailing out before expected departure from a fishing territory that it has a license to, cf. appendix 1, section 1 and 2j. When leaving a non-Greenlandic jurisdiction, however, then the deadline of that jurisdiction applies.
The hail message must be sent to GF**@na***.gl (GFLK) and fk***********@fi**.dk (Joint Arctic Command).
The message must contain:
– M for Mandatory
– C for Conditional (Mandatory under certain conditions)
– O for Optional
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