Conservation and Management Measures, and Resolutions

Note on Interpreting Commission Decisions:
To clarify the legal implications of the range of decisions that the WCPFC may take, the Second Meeting of the WCPFC (see WCPFC/Comm2/29 14 December 2005) adopted the following nomenclature for its decisions.

Resolutions describe non-binding statements and recommendations addressed to members of the Commission and Cooperating non-members. Such Resolutions are sequentially numbered and include the year of adoption.

Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs) describe binding decisions relating to conservation and management measures. Such decisions are sequentially numbered and include the year of adoption.

Other Decisions of the Commission describe all other decisions made by the Commission.

Link to download compilation of currently in force CMMs and Resolutions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

** The compendium includes an introduction that provides the list of currently in force CMMs and Resolutions and notes on any CMMs that the current CMMs have replaced.

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Not Yet In Force

Reference No	Title	Effective	Topic
CMM 2024-04	Conservation and Management Measure for Crew Labour Standards	01 Jan 2028 Not Yet in Force	Labour Standards

Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs)

Reference No	Title	Effective	Topic
CMM 2024-07	Conservation and Management Measure for Protection of Cetaceans from Purse Seine and Longline Fishing Operations Supersedes: CMM 2011-03	01 Jul 2025 - Current	Cetacean mitigation
CMM 2024-06	Conservation and Management Measure for the North Pacific Striped Marlin Supersedes: CMM 2010-01	01 Feb 2025 - Current	Striped Marlin
CMM 2024-05	Conservation and Management Measure for Sharks Supersedes: CMM 2022-04	01 Feb 2025 - Current	Sharks
CMM 2024-03	Conservation and Management Measure for the Charter Notification Scheme Supersedes: CMM 2021-04	01 Feb 2025 - Current	Charter Notification Scheme
CMM 2024-02	Conservation and Management Measure for the Monitoring, Controlling and Surveillance of Pacific Bluefin Tuna	01 Feb 2025 - Current	Pacific Bluefin tuna
CMM 2024-01	Conservation and Management Measure for Pacific Bluefin Tuna Supersedes: CMM 2023-02	01 Feb 2025 - Current	Pacific Bluefin tuna
CMM 2023-04	Conservation and Management Measure for the Compliance Monitoring Scheme Supersedes: CMM 2021-03	06 Feb 2024 - Current	Compliance Monitoring Scheme
CMM 2023-03	Conservation and Management Measure for North Pacific Swordfish Supersedes: CMM 2022-02	06 Feb 2024 - Current	Swordfish
CMM 2023-01	Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye, Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Supersedes: CMM 2021-01	06 Feb 2024 - Current	Bigeye tuna, Skipjack tuna and Yellowfin tuna
CMM 2022-06	Conservation and Management Measure on Daily Catch and Effort Reporting Supersedes: CMM 2013-05	01 Jan 2024 - Current	Daily Catch and Effort Reporting
CMM 2022-05	Standards, specifications and procedures for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Record of Fishing Vessels Supersedes: CMM 2014-03	04 Jun 2023 - Current	Record of Fishing Vessels
CMM 2022-03	Conservation and Management Measure on Establishing a Harvest Strategy for key fisheries and stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Supersedes: CMM 2014-06	01 Feb 2023 - Current	Harvest Strategies
CMM 2022-01	Conservation and Management Measure on a Management Procedure for WCPO Skipjack Tuna Supersedes: CMM 2015-06	16 Feb 2023 - Current	Bigeye tuna, Skipjack tuna and Yellowfin tuna
CMM 2019-07	Conservation Management Measure for the Establishment of a List of IUU Vessels for the WCPFC Supersedes: CMM 2010-06	09 Feb 2020 - Current	IUU Vessel List
CMM 2019-05	Conservation and Management Measure on Mobulid Rays caught in association with fisheries in the WCPFC Convention Area	01 Jan 2021 - Current	Mobulid Rays mitigation
CMM 2019-03	Conservation and Management Measure for North Pacific Albacore Supersedes: CMM 2005-03	09 Feb 2020 - Current	Albacore tuna
CMM 2019-01	Conservation and Management Measure on Cooperating Non-Members Supersedes: CMM 2009-11	09 Feb 2020 - Current	Cooperating Non-Members
CMM 2018-06	Conservation and Management Measure on the Record of Fishing Vessels and Authorization to Fish Supersedes: CMM 2017-05	12 Feb 2019 - Current	Record of Fishing Vessels
CMM 2018-05	Conservation and Management Measure for the Regional Observer Programme Supersedes: CMM 2007-01	12 Feb 2019 - Current	Regional Observer Programme
CMM 2018-04	Conservation and Management of Sea Turtles Supersedes: CMM 2008-03	01 Jan 2020 - Current	Sea Turtle mitigation
CMM 2018-03	Conservation and Management Measure to mitigate the impact of fishing for highly migratory fish stocks on seabirds Supersedes: CMM 2017-06	12 Feb 2019 - Current	Seabird mitigation
CMM 2017-04	Conservation and Management Measure on Marine Pollution	01 Jan 2019 - Current	Marine Pollution
CMM 2017-03	Conservation and Management Measure for the protection of WCPFC Regional Observer Programme Observers Supersedes: CMM 2016-03	05 Feb 2018 - Current	Observer safety
CMM 2017-02	Conservation and Management Measure on Minimum Standards for Port State Measures	05 Feb 2018 - Current	Port State Measures
CMM 2016-02	Conservation Management Measure for the Eastern High Seas Special Management Area Supersedes: CMM 2010-02	07 Feb 2017 - Current	Eastern High Seas Special Management Area
CMM 2015-02	Conservation and Management Measure for South Pacific albacore Supersedes: CMM 2010-05	06 Feb 2016 - Current	Albacore tuna
CMM 2014-02	Conservation and Management Measure for the Commission VMS Supersedes: CMM 2011-02	03 Feb 2015 - Current	VMS
CMM 2013-07	Conservation and Management Measure on the Special Requirements of Small Island Developing States and Territories	04 Feb 2014 - Current	Special Requirements of Developing States
CMM 2013-06	Conservation and Management Measure on the criteria for the consideration of conservation and management proposals	04 Feb 2014 - Current	Special Requirements of Developing States
CMM 2013-04	Conservation and Management Measure for WCPFC Implementation of a Unique Vessel Identifier (UVI)	04 Feb 2014 - Current	Record of Fishing Vessels
CMM 2012-03	Conservation and Management Measure for Implementing the ROP by vessels fishing north of 20N	04 Feb 2013 - Current	Regional Observer Programme
CMM 2009-10	Conservation and Management Measure to Monitor Landings of Purse Seine Vessels at Ports so as to Ensure Reliable Catch Data by Species	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Cannery Data Provision
CMM 2009-09	Conservation and Management Measure for Vessels Without Nationality	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Vessels without Nationality
CMM 2009-06	Conservation and Management Measure on the Regulation of Transhipment	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Transhipment
CMM 2009-05	Conservation and Management Measure Prohibiting Fishing on Data Buoys	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Data buoys mitigation
CMM 2009-03	Conservation and Management for Swordfish Supersedes: CMM 2008-05	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Swordfish
CMM 2009-02	Conservation and Management Measure on the Application of High Seas FAD Closures and Catch Retention	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Bigeye tuna, Skipjack tuna and Yellowfin tuna
CMM 2008-04	Conservation and Management Measure to Prohibit the Use of Large Scale Driftnets on the High Seas of the Convention Area	10 Feb 2009 - Current	Driftnet prohibition
CMM 2006-08	Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Boarding and Inspection Procedures	13 Feb 2007 - Current	HSBI
CMM 2006-07	Establishment of Regional Observer Programme	13 Feb 2007 - Current	Regional Observer Programme
CMM 2006-04	Conservation and Management Measure for Striped Marlin in the Southwest Pacific	13 Feb 2007 - Current	Striped Marlin
CMM 2004-04	Resolution on Conservation and Management Measures	08 Feb 2005 - Current	Conservation and Management Measures
CMM 2004-03	Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels	08 Feb 2005 - Current	Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels

Resolutions

Reference No	Title	Effective	Topic
Resolution 2019-01	Resolution on Climate Change as it relates to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission	09 Feb 2020 - Current	Climate Change
Resolution 2018-01	Resolution on Labour Standards for Crew on Fishing Vessels	12 Feb 2019 - Current	Labour Standards
Resolution 2012-01	Resolution on the best available science	04 Feb 2013 - Current
Resolution 2008-01	Resolution on Aspirations of Small Island Developing States and Territories	10 Feb 2009 - Current	Special Requirements of Developing States
Resolution 2005-03	Resolution on Non-target fish species	14 Feb 2006 - Current

Supplementary Information

Reference No	Title	Effective	Topic
suppl_Resolution 2019-01	WCPFC Climate Change Workplan 2024 - 2027	04 Dec 2024 - Current	Climate Change
suppl_CMM 2024-07-2	Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans (Graphics)	01 Feb 2023 - Current	Cetacean mitigation
suppl_CMM 2024-07-1	Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans	05 Feb 2022 - Current	Cetacean mitigation
suppl_CMM 2024-05-2	Best handling practices for the safe release of Sharks (other than Whale Sharks and Mantas/Mobulids)	12 Feb 2019 - Current	Sharks
suppl_CMM 2024-05-1	Guidelines for the safe release of encircled whale sharks	06 Feb 2016 - Current	Sharks
suppl_CMM 2022-03-1	Indicative Workplan for the Adoption of Harvest Strategies under CMM 2022-03 (formerly CMM 2014-06) for 2025-2027 Supersedes: suppl_CMM 2022-03	04 Dec 2024 - Current	Harvest Strategies
suppl_CMM 2022-01	WCPFC Skipjack tuna monitoring strategy report	04 Dec 2024 - Current	Bigeye tuna, Skipjack tuna and Yellowfin tuna
suppl_CMM 2021-03	Audit Points Checklist for Proposed New or Amended Obligations	01 Feb 2023 - Current	Compliance Monitoring Scheme
suppl_CMM 2019-05	Best Handling Practices for the Safe Release of Mantas & Mobulids	05 Feb 2018 - Current	Mobulid Rays mitigation
suppl_CMM 2019-01-2	Cooperating Non-Member request template	01 Jun 2025 - Current	Cooperating Non-Members
suppl_CMM 2019-01-1	Cooperating Non-Member Application Process Flowchart	11 Feb 2010 - Current	Cooperating Non-Members
suppl_CMM 2018-05-1	WCPFC Regional Observer Programme Standards & ROP Guidelines	04 Dec 2022 - Current	Regional Observer Programme
suppl_CMM 2018-04-2	WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles (Graphics)	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Sea Turtle mitigation
suppl_CMM 2018-04-1	WCPFC Guidelines for the Handling of Sea Turtles	09 Feb 2010 - Current	Sea Turtle mitigation
suppl_CMM 2018-03	Safe Handling and release Guidelines for Seabirds	09 Feb 2020 - Current	Seabird mitigation
suppl_CMM 2014-02-4	Commission VMS Standard Operating Procedures (as approved in Dec 2024 at WCPFC21)	04 Dec 2024 - Current	VMS
suppl_CMM 2014-02-3	WCPFC9 Decision on Application of WCPFC VMS to national waters of WCPFC Members	06 Feb 2013 - Current	VMS
suppl_CMM 2014-02-2	Vessel Monitoring System Standards Specifications and Procedures (SSPs)_version as at Dec 2021 (WCPFC18)	16 Dec 2021 - Current	VMS
suppl_CMM 2014-02-1	Statement describing Purpose and Principles of the WCPFC VMS	06 Feb 2012 - Current	VMS
suppl_CMM 2009-10	Guidelines for the Voluntary Submission of Purse seine Processor data by CCMs to the Commission	16 Dec 2021 - Current	Cannery Data Provision
suppl_CMM 2009-06-3	Minimum Data Fields for Observer Transhipment Monitoring - 2023	04 Dec 2022 - Current	Transhipment
suppl_CMM 2009-06-2	Reporting template for CMM 2009-06 paragraph 11 reporting - provides guidance for reporting in accordance with the guidelines in Annex II of the measure	14 Dec 2018 - Current	Transhipment
suppl_CMM 2009-06-1	E-reporting Standards for high seas transhipment declarations and high seas transhipment notices	14 Jun 2019 - Current	Transhipment
suppl_CMM 2009-05	Data Buoy Information Package	18 May 2010 - Current	Data buoys mitigation