Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

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 Commssion and Cooperating non-members. Such Resolutions are sequentially numbered and include the year of adoption.

Conservation and Management Measures 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.

Resolutions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
Resolution 2005-01	Resolution on the Incidental Catch of Seabirds		16 December 2005
Resolution 2005-02	Resolution on Reduction of Overcapacity		16 December 2005
Resolution 2005-03	Resolution on Non-Target Fish Species		16 December 2005
Resolution 2005-04	Resolution to Mitigate the Impact of Fishing for Highly Migratory Fish species on Sea Turtles (Replaced by CMM 2008-03)		16 December 2005
Resolution 2008-01	Resolution on Aspirations of Small Island Developing States and Territories		12 December 2008

Conservation and Management Measures of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission

Symbol	Title	File	Date of Issue
CMM 2004-01	Record of Fishing Vessels and Authorization to Fish (Replaced by CMM 2009-01)		8 December 2004
CMM 2004-02	Cooperating Non-Members (Replaced by CMM 2008-02)		8 December 2004
CMM 2004-03	Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels		8 December 2004
CMM 2004-04	Resolution on Conservation and Management Measures		8 December 2004
CMM 2005-01	Conservation and Management Measures for Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Replaced by CMM 2008-01)		16 December 2005
CMM 2005-02	Conservation and Management Measure for South Pacific Albacore		16 December 2005
CMM 2005-03	Conservation and Management Measure for North Pacific Albacore		16 December 2005
CMM 2006-09	Conservation Measure to Establish a List of Vessels presumed to Have Carried out Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Activities in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Replaced by CMM 2007-03)		11 December 2006
CMM 2006-01	Conservation and Magement Measures for Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Replaced by CMM 2008-01)		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-02	Conservation and Management Measure to Mitigate the Impact of Fishing For Highly Migratory Fish Stocks on Seabirds (Revised and replaced by CMM 2007-04)		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-03	Conservation and Management Measure for Swordfish in the South West Pacific (Replaced by CMM 2008-05)		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-04	Conservation and Management Measure For Striped Marlin in the Southwest Pacific		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-05	Conservation and Management Measure for Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Replaced by CMM 2008-06)		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-06	Commission Vessel Monitoring System (Revised and replaced by CMM 2007-02)		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-07	Conservation and Management Measure for the Regional Observer Programme		15 December 2006
CMM 2006-08	Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Boarding and Inspection Procedures		15 December 2006
CMM 2007-01	Conservation and Management Measure for the Regional Observer Programme		7 December 2007
CMM 2007-02	Commission Vessel Monitoring System		7 December 2007
CMM 2007-03	Conservation and Management Measure to Establish a List of Vessels presumed to Have Carried out Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Activities in the WCPO		7 December 2007
CMM 2007-04	Conservation and Management Measure to Mitigate the Impact of Fishing for Highly Migratory Fish Stocks on Seabirds		7 December 2007
CMM 2008-01	Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean		12 December 2008
CMM 2008-02	Cooperating Non-Members (Replaced by CMM 2009-11)		12 December 2008
CMM 2008-03	Conservation and Management of Sea Turtles		12 December 2008
CMM 2008-04	Conservation and Management Measure to Prohibit the use of Large Scale Driftnets on the High Seas in the Convention Area		12 December 2008
CMM 2008-05	Conservation and Management of Swordfish (Replaced by CMM 2009-03)		12 December 2008
CMM 2008-06	Conservation and Management of Sharks (Replaced by CMM 2009-04)		12 December 2008
CMM 2009-01	WCPFC Record of Fishing Vessels and Authorization to Fish (Revised)		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-02	Conservation and Management Measure on the Application of High Seas FAD Closures and Catch Retention		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-03	Conservation and Management for Swordfish		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-04	Conservation and Management for Sharks		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-05	Conservation and Management Measure Prohibiting Fishing on Data Buoys		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-06	Conservation and Management Measure on Regulation of Transhipment		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-07	Conservation and Management Measure for Pacific Bluefun Tuna		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-08	Charter Notification Scheme		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-09	Conservation and Management Measure for Vessels without Nationality		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-10	Conservation and Management Measure to Monitor Landings of Purse Seiners at Ports so as to Ensure Reliable Catch Data by Species		11 December 2009
CMM 2009-11	Cooperating Non-Members		11 December 2009