Pan-Pacific Fisheries Compliance Network

The Pan-Pacific Fisheries Compliance Network connects those responsible for compliance within the secretariats of the RFMOs with overlapping waters in the Pacific Ocean region. Established in 2020 and hosted within the IMCS Network, the PPFCN creates a trusted space for information exchange, joint work and the development of shared tools and best practice. It has become an essential forum for strengthening cooperation and alignment across one of the world's most complex and interconnected fisheries compliance environments.

In 2021 the PPFCN adopted an Operational Framework to guide its work and establish its goals.

Member secretariats

The PPFCN includes officers responsible for compliance in the following RFMO secretariats.

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR)

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC)

South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)

What the PPFCN does

The PPFCN facilitates informal communication and information exchange between member secretariats. It identifies where more formal mechanisms for sharing information and data are relevant or needed, and supports the development of such arrangements where desired. It builds on RFMO best practices, identifies and coordinates MCS technical assistance and training opportunities, and fosters joint efforts including the development of common MCS tools, procedures and best practice compliance methodologies. It enhances opportunities for technology sharing and transfer and improves awareness of new and existing MCS and compliance policies, measures, processes and technologies across member RFMOs.

Since its establishment in 2020 the PPFCN has built a sustained, trusted forum for cooperation across some of the most geographically vast and operationally complex fisheries in the world. In June 2025 the PPFCN and TCN held their first joint meeting in Tokyo, marking a significant step in the alignment of compliance approaches across overlapping Pacific and tuna RFMO waters. What the PPFCN has demonstrated is that meaningful cooperation between RFMO secretariats is possible — and that it produces better outcomes for the community as a whole.