Conservation and Management Measure for Gillnets in the SPRFMO Convention Area (CMM 08-2013). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Fishing gear/fishing method Ecosystem preservation Deep sea bed Abstract This Measure of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), taking into account Resolution 46/215 Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world’s oceans and seas adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and concerned possible impact of large-scale pelagic gillnets and deepwater gillnets on fishery resources, bycatch species and deep sea habitats, including the impact of lost and/or abandoned gillnets, places an obligation on Members to "require that vessels flying their flag to prohibit the use of large-scale pelagic driftnets and all deepwater gillnets in the Convention Area". Members whose flagged vessels seek to transit the Convention Area with gillnets onboard shall be under certain reporting obligations towards the SPRFMO Secretariat. Full text English Website www.sprfmo.int References - Legislation Repealed by Conservation and Management Measure for Gillnets in the SPRFMO Convention Area (CMM 08-2019). Legislation | 2019 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Fishing gear/fishing method, Ecosystem preservation, Deep sea bed Source: FAO, FAOLEX