Conservation and Management Measure on Transshipments (CMM 2023-03). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing vessel Monitoring Data collection/reporting Transshipment Fish products Fishing authorization Authorization/permit Foreign fishing Abstract This measure applies to (a) any transshipment, either at sea or in port, of any NPFC fisheries resources, or product thereof, taken in the Convention Area, except those that have been previously landed; b) any transshipment that occurs in the Convention Area involving a fishing vessel included in the NPFC Vessel Registry; or, c) any other transfer activity in the Convention Area involving a fishing vessel intending to engage in, or having engaged in, a fishing activity in the Convention Area. The measure lays out rules for engaging in transshipment and authorisation to be taken from the relevant coastal or port state. The text further provides for reporting requirements, advance notifications, transshipment declaration, monitoring and reporting, data and information sharing, compliance and force majeure. The measure contains 52 Sections and has 5 Annexes. Full text English Website www.npfc.int