The Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) has developed several information systems belonging to the Integrated Fisheries Data Management (IFDM) software suite for electronic exchanges of fishing activities data based on the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) FLUX standard.
The current IFDM suite contains the following information systems: FLUX Transportation Layer for the exchange of electronic messages according to the UN/CEFACT standard, the Union Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) tool for the monitoring of vessel positions and for which DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has developed three modules (Spatial, reporting and USM) as well as the VMS ERS Viewer which extends Union VMS with functionality for the visualisation of electronic fishing logbooks in the UN/CEFACT format.