A service level agreement (SLA) defines the service conditions. EMSA provides services, information products and tools tailored to Frontex needs, which are then integrated into the Eurosur service. Users can also have access through a web-based graphical user interface (SEG) There are 5 (sub)services as follows:
1) Vessel monitoring and tracking: provides Frontex with the most recent ship positions.
2) Vessel detection: provides Frontex with information layers of detected objects at sea, derived from SAR satellite data.
3) Anomaly detection: activates alerts based on specific vessel behaviour patterns (ABMs).
4) Activity detection: provides information about detected activity in coastal areas and the interpretation of high-resolution optical imagery.
5) Vessel reporting: supports Frontex in identifying vessels that give rise to suspicion to be involved in illegal migration or cross-border crime.
In addition the resource of the EMSA Central Maritime Reference Databases will be developed as a service and go live later in 2019.
Stakeholder Forum: EMSA and Frontex staff liaise directly regarding the management and implementation of the service.
EFCA contribute by sharing vessel identifiers, full sharing of VMS data (fisheries vessel position data), as well as satellite imagery requested by EFCA and acquired under the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service.
