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 23 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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2021 Conservation and Management Measures
Download the compiled PDF file of all the CMMs currently in force (5.6 MB)
CMM Binding Title01-2021 06-05-2021 Trachurus murphyi
02-2021 06-05-2021 Standards for the Collection, Reporting, Verification and Exchange of Data
03-2021 06-05-2021 Bottom Fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area
03a-2021 06-05-2021 Deepwater Species in the SPRFMO Convention Area
04-2020 20-05-2020 Establishing a List of Vessels Presumed to have Carried Out IUU Fishing
Activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area
05-2021 06-05-2021 Establishment of the Commission Record of Vessels Authorised to Fish
in the SPRFMO Convention Area 06-2020 20-05-2020 Establishment of the Vessel Monitoring System in the SPRFMO Convention Area
07-2021 06-05-2021 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
10-2020 20-05-2020 Establishment of a Compliance and Monitoring Scheme in the SPRFMO
Convention Area (Annex 2 - Implementation Report 2021 template)
11-2015 13-05-2015 Boarding and Inspection Procedures in the SPRFMO Convention Area
12-2020 20-05-2020 Regulation of Transhipment and Other Transfer Activities
13-2021 06-05-2021 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-2021 06-05-2021 Exploratory Potting Fishery in the SPRFMO Convention Area
(entry into force 01 July 2021)
14d-2020 20-05-2020 Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish by Chilean-Flagged Vessels
in the SPRFMO Convention Area
14e-2021 06-05-2021 Exploratory Fishing for Toothfish by European Union-Flagged Vessels
in the SPRFMO Convention Area (Amended by Decision 11-2021)
15-2016 29-04-2016 Vessels without Nationality in the SPRFMO Convention Area 16-2021 06-05-2021 The SPRFMO Observer Programme
17-2019 28-04-2019 Fishing Gear and Marine Plastic Pollution in the SPRFMO Convention Area 18-2020 20-05-2020 Management of the Jumbo Flying Squid Fishery
19-2021 06-05-2021 Markings and Identification of Fishing Vessels (entry into force 01 January 2023)
The SPRFMO CMMs are translated into Spanish each year by the Government of Chile.
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Superseded or Expired Conservation and Management Measures
