Conservation and Management Measure on Standards for the Collection, Reporting, Verification and Exchange of Data (CMM 02-2017). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Foreign fishing Abstract This Measure of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) concerns data collection and reporting on fishing activities by Members and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (Members and CNCPs) and verification of such data by them. Members and CNCPs must develop, implement and improve systems for the collection of data on fishing activities from vessels as specified in the Annexes to this CMM. Members and CNCPs shall also develop, implement and improve observer programmes to attain specified objectives and implement a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). In addition, Members and CNCPs: are to ensure that fishery data are verified through an appropriate system; shall develop, implement and improve mechanisms for verifying data; and must report all data required by this measure to the Secretariat in accordance with the specifications and format described in Annex 8. Data also concerns vessel landing and transhipment reports and port sampling. Full text English Website www.sprfmo.int References - Legislation Repealed by Conservation and Management Measure on Standards for the Collection, Reporting, Verification and Exchange of Data (CMM 02-2018). Legislation | 2018 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Foreign fishing Source: FAO, FAOLEX