Its full name is Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

The WCPF Convention was based on the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement, and addressed the specific characteristics of the western and central Pacific Ocean.

[3] On 20 March 2023, the United States Navy and USCG began patrols to implement enforcement of the treaty through agreements with partner nations in the area.

[4] As established by the Convention, the Commission is the governing body composed of representatives from members, cooperating non-members and participating territories (collectively, CCMs).

[5] The Commission holds annual meetings, usually in late November or early December, presided over by a Chair and a Vice-Chair, who are elected from the membership.

[6] Decisions of the Commission are normally made by consensus, but the Convention also provides for a two-chambered voting mechanism, with member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) forming one chamber.

[7] She succeeds Jung-re Riley Kim of South Korea, who was simultaneously the chair of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission,[8] Rhea Moss-Christian of the Marshall Islands, the first female chair of the WCPFC,[9] Charles Karnella of the USA's National Marine Fisheries Service, Satya Nandan of Fiji, who was also the first Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority,[10] and Glenn Hurry, a former CEO of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.