Conservation and Management Measures
The SPRFMO Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs) define the regulatory framework for the SPRFMO fisheries in the high seas areas of the South Pacific Ocean. Each year, the Commission may revise existing, or adopt new, CMMs. Currently, there are 20 CMMs in place detailing various provisions such as the application of technical measures or output and input controls, requirements for data collection and reporting, as well as regulations for monitoring, control and surveillance and enforcement.
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2019 Conservation and Management Measures
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CMM Binding Title01-2019 28-04-2019 Trachurus murphyi
02-2018 05-05-2018 Standards for the Collection, Reporting, Verification and Exchange of Data
03-2019 28-04-2019 Bottom Fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area
03a-2019 28-04-2019 Deepwater Species in the SPRFMO Convention Area
04-2019 28-04-2019 Establishing a List of Vessels Presumed to have Carried Out IUU Fishing
Activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area
05-2019 28-04-2019 Establishment of the Commission Record of Vessels Authorised to Fish
in the SPRFMO Convention Area 06-2018 05-05-2018 Establishment of the Vessel Monitoring System in the SPRFMO Convention Area
07-2019 28-04-2019 Minimum Standards of Inspection in Port
08-2019 28-04-2019 Gillnets in the SPRFMO Convention Area
09-2017 23-04-2017 Minimising Bycatch of Seabirds in the SPRFMO Convention Area
10-2019 28-04-2019 Establishment of a Compliance and Monitoring Scheme
in the SPRFMO Convention Area (awaiting Annex 2)
11-2015 13-05-2015 Boarding and Inspection Procedures in the SPRFMO Convention Area
(effective from 24 August 2015)
12-2018 05-05-2018 Regulation of Transhipment and Other Transfer Activities
13-2019 28-04-2019 Management of New and Exploratory Fisheries in the SPRFMO Convention Area
14a-2019 28-04-2019 Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish by New Zealand-Flagged Vessels
in the SPRFMO Convention Area
14b-2019 28-04-2019 Exploratory Potting Fishery in the SPRFMO Convention Area
14c-2019 28-04-2019 Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish by EU Vessels
in the SPRFMO Convention Area
15-2016 29-04-2016 Vessels without Nationality in the SPRFMO Convention Area 16-2019 28-04-2019 The SPRFMO Observer Programme
(enters into force 27 May 2019)
17-2019 28-04-2019 Fishing Gear and Marine Plastic Pollution in the SPRFMO Convention Area
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Superseded Conservation and Management Measures
