Fisheries Management 
Developments
lConservation and management measures and resolutions adopted since December 2004 - 5 resolutions and 15 conservation and management measures (regulate matters relating directly to fishing impacts on species, to compliance issues on systems and fishing vessel standards.
lConcerns for the current stock status of bigeye and yellowfin tunas in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are such that conservation and management decisions  maintain current fishing levels while looking for ways in which to reduce fishing mortality in order to maintain the bigeye and yellowfin stocks at sustainable  levels
lDecisions that support ecosystems approaches to fisheries management in mitigating the impact of fishing on seabirds, precautionary measures for the declining stock abundance of swordfish and striped marlin in the southwest Pacific and the collection of data on sharks.
lIn terms of compliance issues the Parties to the Convention also agreed on the establishment of a Commission vessel monitoring system, a regional observer programme, procedures for boarding and inspection and a list of vessels that have presumed to have carried out IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.
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The WCPF Commission is setting global standards.
No other tuna RFMO has in place VMS and boarding and inspection schemes. Therein the WCPFC has the first application of the boarding and inspection scheme set out UNFSA.
Only one other organisation has a regional observer programme
And the development of a catch documentation scheme is being addressed.