The SPRFMO has the authority to adopt conservation and management measures for the fisheries under its purview, which are binding on the Contracting Parties to the SPRFMO Convention (‘Contracting Parties’).
Tá an t-údarás ag SPRFMO bearta caomhnaithe agus bainistíochta atá ceangailteach ar na Páirtithe Conarthacha i gCoinbhinsiún SPRFMO (“Páirtithe Conarthacha”) a ghlacadh maidir leis na hiascaigh atá faoina chúram.