The 14th Meeting of the SPRFMO Commission (COMM14) will take place in Panama City, Panama, from 2 to 6 March 2026, hosted at the ATLAPA Convention Center. Delegates from SPRFMO Members, Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CNCPs), and observers are invited to participate.

Relevant information for participants (e.g., accommodation, visa, advice) is available in the Information for Participants section. Panama, as host of the meeting, has also prepared an information document that can be downloaded for convenience.

Associated sessions and activities

The Commission meeting will be preceded by the following subsidiary body sessions, also to be held at the ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City:

• 13th Compliance and Technical Committee (CTC13)
  24-27 February 2026

• 13th Finance and Administration Committee (FAC13)
  26-27 February 2026

A general schedule of the sessions of the CTC13 and FAC13 on the first week of the Annual meeting is available for download. Detailed schedules for each meeting will be provided as meeting documents for each subsidiary body.

Key Dates and Deadlines

• Proposals*: at least 50 days before the meeting (COMM)
  No later than 11 January 2026 (posted no later than 16 January)

• Secretariat documents: at least 30 days before the annual meeting
  No later than 25 January 2026

• Other meeting documents: at least 30 days before the meeting (COMM)
  No later than 31 January 2026 (posted no later than 10 February)

*All Proposals should be sent to the Secretariat ([email protected]) both in Word format (tracked changes) and in PDF (clean version), and accompanied with the respective proposal summary cover page. To download the Word version of any CMMs, Decisions, Regulations, and Policies, as well as the required cover page template, please follow this link to the Member pages (login required) or contact the Secretariat.