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Location:
Panama City, Panama
Venue:
ATLAPA Convention Center
Dates:
2 March to 6 March 2026

  

The 14th Meeting of the SPRFMO Commission (COMM14) will take place in Panama City, Panama, from 2 to 6 March 2026, hosted at the ATLAPA Convention Center. Delegates from SPRFMO Members, Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CNCPs), and observers are invited to participate.

Relevant information for participants (e.g., accommodation, visa, advice) is available in the Information for Participants section. Panama, as host of the meeting, has also prepared an information document that can be downloaded for convenience.

    

Associated sessions and activities

The Commission meeting will be preceded by the following subsidiary body sessions, also to be held at the ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City:

A general schedule of the two weeks of meetings, including side sessions and events, is being developed for download. Detailed schedules for each meeting will be provided as meeting documents for each of the three meetings.

    

Key Dates and Deadlines

  • Proposals*: at least 50 days before the meeting (COMM)
    No later than 11 January 2026 (posted no later than 16 January)

  • Secretariat documents: at least 30 days before the annual meeting
    No later than 25 January 2026

  • Other meeting documents: at least 30 days before the meeting (COMM)
    No later than 31 January 2026 (posted no later than 10 February)

*All Proposals should be sent to the Secretariat ([email protected]) both in Word format (tracked changes) and in PDF (clean version), and accompanied with the respective proposal summary cover page. To download the Word version of any CMMs, Decisions, Regulations, and Policies, as well as the required cover page template, please follow this link to the Member pages (login required) or contact the Secretariat. 

 

     

Reference Title
COMM14-Doc01 Provisional COMM14 Agenda
COMM14-Doc02 Annotated Provisional Agenda
COMM14-Doc03 List of COMM14 meeting documents
COMM14-Doc04 COMM14 Meeting Schedule 
COMM14-Doc05 Status of the SPRFMO Convention for COMM14 (NZL)
COMM14-Doc06 Scientific Committee Multi-Annual Plan
COMM14-Doc07 Report on Cooperation Efforts and MoUs
COMM14-Doc08 Report of the Working Group on Electronic Monitoring Standards to COMM14
COMM14-Doc09 Report of the Intersessional Working Group to address the PR2 Recommendations  
COMM14-Doc09.1 PR2 Recommendations Implementation Plan

   

Reference Title Word PDF Author
COMM14-Prop01 Proposal to amend CMM 01 Trachurus murphyi  Tracked Clean  CHL
COMM14-Prop02 Proposal to amend CMM 01 Trachurus murphyi  Tracked Clean  EU
COMM14-Prop03 Proposal to amend CMM 01 Trachurus murphyi  Tracked Clean  KOR
COMM14-Prop04 Proposal to amend CMM 01 Trachurus murphyi  Tracked Clean  PER
COMM14-Prop05 Proposal to amend CMM 02 Data Standards  Tracked Clean  KOR
COMM14-Prop06 Proposal to amend CMM 03 Bottom Fishing  Tracked Clean  AUS
COMM14-Prop07 Proposal to amend CMM 03 Bottom Fishing  Tracked Clean  NZL
COMM14-Prop08 Proposal to amend CMM 03a Deepwater Species  Tracked Clean  AUS-NZL
COMM14-Prop09 Proposal to amend CMM 05 Record of Vessels  Tracked Clean  PER
COMM14-Prop10 Proposal to amend CMM 07 Port Inspections  Tracked Clean  EU
COMM14-Prop11 Proposal to amend CMM 09 Seabirds  Tracked Clean  NZL
COMM14-Prop12 Proposal to amend CMM 12 Transhipments  Tracked Clean  ECU
COMM14-Prop13 Proposal to amend CMM 12 Transhipments  Tracked Clean  PER
COMM14-Prop14 Proposal to amend CMM 18 Squid  Tracked Clean  ECU
COMM14-Prop15 Proposal to amend CMM 18 Squid  Tracked Clean  USA-NZL
COMM14-Prop16 Proposal to create a New CMM on a Buffer Zone for Squid  Clean Clean  PER
COMM14-Prop17 Proposal to create a New CMM on Labour Standards  Clean Clean  NZL-USA
COMM14-Prop18 Proposal to create a New CMM on Electronic Monitoring Standards  Clean Clean WGEMS
COMM14-Prop19 Proposal to amend the SPRFMO Staff Regulations  Tracked Clean KOR
COMM14-Prop20 Proposal to amend the SPRFMO Policy on Secondments and Internships Tracked Clean SEC