Fisheries Operation Plans

Below are the Fisheries Operation Plans (FOP) approved by the SPRFMO Commission, as required by CMM 13 Exploratory Fisheries, that are currently in place:

• FOP for the CMM 14a Exploratory Toothfish NZL
• FOP for the CMM 14b Exploratory Trapping COK
• FOP for the CMM 14e Exploratory Toothfish EU
• FOP for the CMM 14f Exploratory Toothfish AUS
• FOP for the CMM 14g Exploratory Hapuka COK

Background

Paragraph 8 of CMM13 requires that wherever a Member or CNCP intends to submit an exploratory fishery proposal:

• a succinct description of their intended Fisheries Operation Plan should be submitted not less than 120 days in advance of the next annual meeting of the Scientific Committee.
• a full Fisheries Operation Plan shall be submitted, taking into account paragraph 6 if relevant, not less than 60 days in advance of the next annual meeting of the Scientific Committee.

A FOP template was presented to the 2021 Scientific Committee meeting and, as per the SC11-report, "the SC agreed that this template will be a useful tool for developing Fisheries Operations Plans in future, and it was accepted by the SC". Click here to download the Fisheries Operation Plan template in Word format.