members agreed to have a secretariat in tokyo participants are canada china japan korea russian federation united states and chinese taipei members of the south pacific regional fisheries management organization sprfmo are australia belize chile china cook islands cuba european union denmark in respect of the faroe islands korea new zealand russian federation chinese taipei and vanuatu this organisation is meant to fill the gap that existed in the international conservation and management of nonhighly migratory fisheries and protection of biodiversity in the marine environment in high seas areas of the south pacific ocean the main species covered by this rfmo are pelagic fisheries for jack mackerel and bottom fisheries for species like orange roughy the first sprfmo meeting was held from january to february in auckland new zealand