From 1^st of August 2021 it will be mandatory for fishing vessels of 17 meters in length overall (LOA) to use Electronic Reporting System (ERS). The Executive Order can be found on the Government of Greenland’s website at https://lovgivning.gl/ There is a time period for implementation of ERS of 6 months, so all vessels must use ERS no later than 6 months after the Executive Order enters into force – i.e. no later than 31 January 2022. Due to COVID-19, this date has been postponed until 31 March 2022. On 1^st of August 2023 the requirement of using ERS will be extended to fishing vessels of 15 m LOA and above. Smaller fishing vessels can choose to use ERS voluntarily. GFLK provides the ERS software, while it is the responsibility of the owner of the fishing vessel to provide hardware in the form of a PC and communication equipment. The ERS software takes up approx. 50MB and can run on all newer PCs with the Windows v. 10 operating system or newer versions. The PC must be connected to a device that can communicate with GFLK’s ERS server. The communication can be made over the Internet or by a satellite transciever approved by GFLK. GFLK has approved Thrane & Thrane (TT-3027, TT-3026), CLS (Triton, Thorium LEO100). GFLK can assist with installing the ERS software, setting up the software to suit the fishery in which the vessel participates, and guidance in daily use. From the time a vessel begins its use of ERS, a paper logbook will have to be kept along side for a period of three months in order to ensure that any problems with the implementation of new routines on the vessels at the transition to electronic logbook do not degrade the data quality. The rules regarding hail messages should be easily recognizable in the new Executive Order. For vessels fishing exclusively in Greenlandic waters, special attention is paid to deadlines and content in the departure notification when leaving port (replaces departure notification), daily catch notification (replaces weekly hail messages and paper logbook) and port notification before entering port (replaces passive notification). Pay special attention to the fact that all vessels – including those with shorter trips – are covered by the hail message rules.