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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

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 4 April 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 4: Issue 4 April 2011
By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Subsidies
WTO Doha Round on the brink of collapse 
Implications of a Doha Collapse for fisheries subsidies 

Preferential Trade Agreements
Free Trade Agreement signed between the EU, Columbia and Peru

Fisheries Management
Outcomes from PNA Annual Ministerial Meeting
Draft MSC assessment report is released for PNA skipjack fishery
Greenpeace’s ongoing push to establish the ‘Pacific Commons’

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 3 March 2011

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issue 3 March 2011

By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Amanda Hamilton and Manleen Dugal[1]

 

CONTENTS

Fisheries Subsidies

Update on fisheries subsidies discussions at the World Trade Organisation

Preferential Trade Agreements

Spanish industry interests continue to attack PNG over global sourcing rule

ATPDEA expires, Ecuador pouch producers loose duty free access to US market

Fisheries Management

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation and Spanish fleet announce partnership

Tuna Markets

Fiji regains access to the EU market

Tri Marine commences fresh tuna exports from American Samoa

Japanese tuna industry and market feel the impact of March tsunami

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 4: Issue 1 & 2 January-February 2011

 

FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS

Volume 4: Issue 1& 2  January-February 2011

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

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