'OECMs in the Cook Islands' provides a snapshot of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Cook Islands context, starting with the global context and narrowing down to the national level, where it presents possible types of OECMs in the country and recommendations for how to move forward with recognising and reporting these sites. The document is designed to be a reference document for government officials, conservation practitioners and any other individuals or groups in the Cook Islands with an interest or stake in area-based conservation. This work was funded by the BIOPAMA and ACP MEAs 3 programmes.