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FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 12 December 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issue 12 December 2011

By Amanda Hamilton, Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice[1]

CONTENTS 

World Trade Organisation

Outcomes from the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference

Samoa accepted by Ministers as a WTO member

Preferential Trade Agreements

PACPs and the EC hold informal EPA discussions

Fisheries Management

PNA Skipjack Purse Seine fishery is awarded MSC certification

Negotiations continue for renewal of the US Treaty 

PITIA expresses concerns over Southern Longline fleet expansion

Cook Islands domestic industry raises concerns about foreign licencing

Tuna Markets

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 10 & 11 October-November 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issue 10 & 11 October-November 2011

By Amanda Hamilton, Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice[1]

CONTENTS

World Trade Organisation

Vanuatu & Samoa step closer to WTO membership

Fisheries Management

Tuvalu joins Solomon Islands and Nauru in closing waters to foreign fishing

Update on the MSC objection process for the PNA skipjack fishery

PNG’s South Seas Tuna Corporation becomes one of ISSF’s newest members

Operation Kurukuru 2011 – the WCPO’s largest MCS operation to date

Pew estimates Atlantic bluefin catch exceeds quota by 141 per cent

Tuna Markets

FFA releases major global tuna industry status report 

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issues 8 & 9 August-September 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issues 8 & 9 August-September 2011

By Amanda Hamilton, Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice[1]

Editorial Note

Commencing with this edition, FFA Fisheries Trade News will now be published on a bi-monthly basis. 


CONTENTS

World Trade Organisation

WTO releases panel ruling on US-Mexico tuna-dolphin dispute

Preferential Trade Agreements

Update on PACER negotiations 

Fisheries Management

ISSF & Spanish industry object to PNA skipjack MSC certification

Recent developments in the PIC tuna fishery

Tuna Markets 

Fiji’s PAFCO closed for renovations

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issues 6 & 7 June-July 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issues 6 & 7 June-July 2011

By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling[1]

Contents 

World Trade Organisation

‘Plan B’ Doha Round proposal from WTO Director-General

Preferential Trade Agreements

PACPs striving to conclude comprehensive EU-EPA by end 2011

Fisheries Management

PNA Ministerial Fifth Special Meeting outcomes

Proposals released for reforms to the EU Common Fisheries Policy

European Commission grants access to EU fishery agreements evaluations

NGO activist groups embark on new tuna campaigns

Tuna Markets 

PNA establishes ‘Pacifical’ brand for sustainable tuna

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 5 May 2011

 

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issue 5  May 2011

By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling[1]

 

Contents 

World Trade Organisation

Vanuatu set for WTO accession

WTO rules in favour of Mexico in the US-Mexico ‘tuna-dolphin’ dispute 

 

Trade Regulation 

EU proposes GSP reforms intended to benefit the most needy developing countries

 

Fisheries Management

PNG withdrawal spells the end of the US Multilateral Treaty

Solomon Islands purse seine fishery closure under VDS

Atlantic bluefin escapes US endangered species listing 

ISSF launches a research vessel to trial by-catch mitigation technologies

 

Tuna Markets