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South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation

The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) is an intergovernmental organization created by international treaty, the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean signed in Auckland on .

The intent of the signatories was to commit "to ensuring the long-term conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources in the South Pacific Ocean and in so doing safeguarding the marine ecosystems in which the resources occur."

Secretariat

The secretariat of SPRFMO is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Currently the Executive Secretary is Mr Craig Loveridge

Members

The members of the SPRFMO Commission are:

Additionally, Curaçao and Liberia are Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties. Angola, Colombia, France (in respect of their Oceanian territories), Japan and Tonga, as well as 15 intergovernmental organisations and 28 non-governmental organisations are observers.

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