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Conservation and Management Measure for Implementation of the ROP by vessels fishing north of 20N (CMM 2012–03).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Monitoring Data collection/reporting
Abstract

This Conservation and Management Measure of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), in accordance with paragraph 9 of Attachment K, Annex C of the CMM2007-01 (Regional Observer Programme), recommends that no later than 31 December 2014, CCMs shall commence implementation of observer programmes for fishing vessels used to fish for fresh fish beyond the national jurisdictions in the area north of 20 degrees north. For such fishing vessels, CCMs shall achieve 5% coverage of the effort of each fishery fishing for fresh fish by the end of December 2014. Observers shall be sourced from the WCPFC Regional Observer Programme. Article 28(1) of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPF Convention), which requires the Commission to develop such Programme.

Full text
English
Website
www.wcpfc.int