FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture - Regional fishery bodies (RFB)

Regional Fishery Bodies Summary Descriptions

Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS)

Mission
Area of competence
Legal framework
Languages
Organizations involved
Structure
Contacts

MissionObjectives To secure for the people of the States Parts of CPPS food supplies and provide the means of developing their economy through the sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Functions The functions of the Commission are, inter alia:

To promote the conservation of fishing resources or any type of products and richness of common interest existing in the waters under jurisdiction of States Parts of CPPS and beyond;
To coordinate, when appropriated, common maritime policies of the States Parts of CPPS, in order to adopt common postures;
To promote joint actions to obtain technical-financial assistance on oceanic, climatic, biological and ecological issues for the optimal use of the maritime zone and coastal areas of the States Parts of CPPS;
To promote the assessment of resources and fisheries in the Southeast Pacific to carry out a sustainable exploitation, taking advantage of the installed capacities of the States Parts of CPPS;
To foster the collaboration between States Parts of CPPS in order to implement policies and economic cooperation mechanisms for the exploitation of the marine resources;
To encourage the scientific, technical and market studies on fishing products and provide of technical and financial assistance to the States Parts of CPPS, as far as possible;
To compile fishing statistics of the marine resources exploited in the States Parts of CPPS.

Area of competence The Agreement refers to the 200nm of national jurisdiction of CPPS member countries from the Pacific coast, including around islands.

CPPS area of competence - High seas, National waters

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In 2000, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of States Parts of CPPS reaffirmed the right of the States to take the appropriated measures to explore, exploit and manage living resources existing in their 200 miles zones, according to the instruments and practices globally accepted, with special reference to the United Nations Law of the Sea. Additionally, States reiterated their legitimate interest in the conservation and optimum utilization of the marine resources beyond their 200 miles zones, when these resources are part of the same populations of species existing in their 200 miles zones, or populations of species associated with them. Legal framework Established by the Convention on the Organization of the Permanent Commission of the Conference on the Use and Conservation of the Marine Resources of the South Pacific, signed by Chile, Ecuador and Peru at the First Conference on the Use and Conservation of the Marine Resources of the South Pacific, held in Santiago, Chile, on 18 August 1952. Colombia joined the CPPS on 9 August, 1979.
The legal framework of CPPS include also fifteen Agreements and Protocols on fishing management and research as well as one Declaration of the Presidents of the States Parts of CPPS and seven Ministerial Declarations. CPPS is also the Executive Secretariat of the Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Southeast Pacific (Lima Convention, 1981).
LanguagesSpanish. Organizations involved

Member: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

StructurePrincipal Body The General Secretariat is the coordinating, promoting and executing organ of the CPPS, in compliance with the mandates set forth by the Meetings of Foreign Affairs Ministers and Assemblies. Subsidiary committee The Under-Secretariat coordinates legal matters and promotes the nature of the CPPS as a regional maritime organization. Scientific Directorate The Scientific Directorate coordinates and fosters the development of scientific and technological activities, Programs and Projects concerning marine related matters of common interest to the Member States of the CPPS. Economic Directorate The Economic Directorate is responsible for supporting and providing advisory assistance to the General Secretariat.

Comision Permanente del Pacifico Sur

Av. Carlos Julio Arosemena, Km. 3

Complejo Albán Borja, Edificio Classic, 2nd. Floor

GUAYAQUIL

Ecuador

Telephone: +593 4 222 1202

Fax: +593 4 222 1201

Email: cppsl@cpps-int.org



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