Conservation and Management Measure for WCPFC Implementation of a Unique Vessel Identifier (UVI) (CMM 2013–04). Country/Territory Document type Miscellaneous Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Monitoring Fishing vessel Marking/identification Abstract This Conservation and Management Measure of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) concerns Unique Vessel Identifiers (UVIs) and refers to global (including FAO) instruments in this field. UVIs are useful to quickly and accurately identify vessels and trace and verify their activity over time, irrespective of change of name, ownership, or flag. For those reasons, there is a wide recognition that UVIs can be useful in helping combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fis Full text English Website www.wcpfc.int