Conservation and Management Measure for WCPFC Implementation of a Unique Vessel Identifier (UVI) (CMM 2013–04). Pays/Territoire Type du document Règlement Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Pêche Mot clé Pêche maritime Gestion et conservation des pêches Monitorage Navire de pêche Marquage/identificacion Résumé 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) fishing. Flag CCMs shall ensure that all their fishing vessels that are authorized to be used for fishing in the Convention Area beyond the flag CCM’s area of national jurisdiction and that are at least 100 GT or 100 GRT in size have ) International Maritime Organization (IMO) number or Lloyd’s Register (LR) number issued to them. The Commission will continue to explore how to ensure that all vessels on the Record of Fishing Vessels have UVIs. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.wcpfc.int