VMS Manual Reporting Procedure (Updated June 2025) 

The VMS transmission manual reporting procedure no longer requires an email to be submitted through the NAF email address NAF@wcpfc.int.  As of April 2025, this method is no longer in use and such emails are no longer accepted.  

VMS manual reports are now to be submitted through the online webpage available through the Upload Manual Positions facility at https://vrst.reports.wcpfc.int.  

 

How to Upload Manual Reports 

Step 1: Access the VRST manual reporting upload after login: VMS Reporting Status, the following display should be available. Next Click on drawing, Picture. .

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Step 2: Add your NAF text strings to the Positions box. You can copy and paste the NAF strings if you have created them in a document. The first two entries in the below image are sample data for reference only. 

Important note: that a maximum of 300 rows of data can be submitted in each upload. 

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Step 3: Once the NAF strings are added, click drawing, Picture to validate the data. The system will prompt any errors detected for correction as shown below. 


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Step 4: Once errors are corrected, click  drawing, Picture again and review the status message to confirm successful validation as shown below: 

 

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Step 5: After confirming the data is validated, click the drawing, Picturebutton. Check that the status message confirms the successful upload of positions. 

The uploaded manual positions will be available in the WCPFC VMS shortly after.