Vessels
Operative WCPFC Conservation and Management Measures
The WCPFC Conservation and Management Measures (CMMs) relating to fishing vessels that operate in the WCPFC Convention Area are the WCPFC Record of Fishing Vessels and Authorizations to Fish (Revised) () and Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels (Specifications for the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels (
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WCPFC Record of Fishing Vessels
CMM 2009-01 establishes the WCPFC Record of Fishing Vessels containing details of fishing vessels authorized to fish in the WCPFC Convention Area beyond the national jurisdiction of the member of the Commission whose flag the vessel is flying.
WCPFC Interim Register of Non-Member Fish Carrier and Bunker Vessels
CMM 2009-01 establishes the WCPFC Interim Register of Non-Member Carrier and Bunker Vessels (Interim Register List (
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On 03 February 2010 the WCPFC Executive Director distributed WCPFC Circular 2010/03 (WCPFC Circular 2010-03 [Carriers and Bunkers Data Rules ( 48.29 KB)) [WCPFC Interim Register of Non-Member Carrier and Bunker Vessels] detailing the revised arrangements relating to operations of non-Member carrier and bunker vessels in the WCPF Convention Area, including the registration of fish carriers and bunker vessels that were previously listed on the WCPFC Temporary Register of Fish Carriers and Bunkers that was retired on 09 February 2010.
WCPFC IUU Vessel List
WCPFC3 adopted ‘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’ (). WCPFC6 agreed to retain an existing vessel on the WCPFC IUU Vessel List and add four other vessels to this list (WCPFC IUU Vessel List for 2011 ( 21.05 KB)).