This Measure of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) specifies, with regard to the fishing vessels flying their flag and fishing for non-highly migratory fishery resources in the Convention Area, lays down obligations of Members and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (CNCPs) to develop, implement and improve systems for the collection, reporting, verification and exchange of data on fishing activities and the impacts of fishing (including, among other things, implementation of observer programmes). The Measure specifies standards for observer data collected during a landing or while a vessel is in port. Members and CNCPs are to ensure that fishery data are verified through an appropriate system. Members and CNCPs are to develop, implement and improve mechanismsfor verifying data, such as: a) position verification through vessel monitoring systems; b) implementation of the Observer Programme CMM (CMM16-2019 (Observer Programme)); c) vessel trip, landing and transhipment reports; d) port sampling; and e) electronic monitoring. Annex 14 defines “other species of concern” as advised by the Scientific Committee and informed by Appendix 1 of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Appendix 1 and 2 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
2021-05-06