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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.
The Commission meeting will be preceded by the following subsidiary body sessions, also to be held at the ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City:
13th Compliance and Technical Committee (CTC13)
24-27 February 2026
13th Finance and Administration Committee (FAC13)
26-27 February 2026
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.
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 | 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 |