FFA advises members about relevant developments in international trade policy and economic co-operation frameworks and how to advance their individual and collective fisheries interests in trade policy and economic partnership negotiations. Regular trade and industry reports include Fisheries Trade Briefing, Tuna Market News & Fisheries Economic Indicators. Many of these activities are part of the DEVFISH project.
Trade & Industry
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
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
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]
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS Volume 3: Issue 12 December 2010
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 3: Issue 12 December 2010
By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Subsidies and Trade
Fisheries Subsidies Proposals Discussed at the World Trade Organisation
Update on PACP-EU EPA Negotiation
Fisheries Management
Meeting Outcomes from WCPFC - Seventh Annual Session
Corruption in Mediterranean Bluefin industry; 2011 Catch Quotas Reduced Slightly
Fisheries Development
Te Vaka Moana Group Holds Cooperation Talks
Recent PNA Developments
Fisheries Governance
The Future of Pacific Fisheries – 25 Year Projection
Tuna Markets
