The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation is an inter-governmental organisation that is committed to the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources of the South Pacific Ocean and in so doing safeguarding the marine ecosystems in which the resources occur. The SPRFMO Convention applies to the high seas of the South Pacific, covering about a fourth of the Earth's high seas areas. Currently, the main commercial resources managed by the SPRFMO are Jack mackerel and jumbo flying squid in the Southwest Pacific and, to a much lesser degree, deep-sea species associated with seamounts in the Southeast Pacific.

The Organisation consists of a Commission and a number of subsidiary bodies. New Zealand is the Depositary for the SPRFMO Convention and hosts the SPRFMO Secretariat in Wellington. 

The Commission has currently 14 Members from Asia, Europe, Latin America and Oceania:

- Australia                                                - Republic of Chile                          
- People's Republic of China               - Cook Islands
- Republic of Cuba                                 - Republic of Ecuador 
- European Union                                   - Kingdom of Denmark  in 
                                                                  respect of  the Faroe Islands
- Republic of Korea                                - New Zealand 
- Republic of Peru                                  - Russian Federation 
- Chinese Taipei                                     - Republic of Vanuatu                                     

Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (CNCPs) are:
Republic of Colombia, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Panama, and United States of America.

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