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 JAN 2010
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 3: Issue 1 January 2010
By Elizabeth Havice, Amanda Hamilton and Liam Campling[1]
Contents
Fisheries Trade-related RegulationEarly steps in reform of EU Fisheries Partnership Agreements
Fisheries Regulation and Development
Study suggests WCPO conservation efforts not sufficient, new WCPFC limits on FAD fishing, developments in Catch Documentation Scheme
Southern bluefin tuna quota cut by 20 percent in effort to rebuild stocks
Regional Tuna Management and Development Strategy available online
The Regional Tuna Management and Development Strategy (RTMADS) is now available online.
Adopted by the fifth meeting of Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) Ministers in May 2009 in Alofi, Niue, the Strategy was also noted at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders annual meeting in Cairns, Australia in July 2009. The Strategy is complimentary to, and underpins the strategic and annual operational planning framework that is already in place for the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
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FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS DECEMBER 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 2: Issue 12 December 2009
By Liam Campling, Amanda Hamilton and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
Update on fisheries subsidies ‘Roadmap’ discussions at the WTO
PREFERENTIAL AND FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Sri Lanka preferential access to EU markets for fish threatened
FISHERIES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
ACP Ministerial Fisheries Mechanism created
FISHERIES TRADE-RELATED REGULATION
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 2: Issue 10 & 11 October-November 2009
By Elizabeth Havice, Amanda Hamilton and Liam Campling [1]
Contents
Special Feature: The Global Recession and EU- and US-centred seafood value chains
Fisheries Trade-related Regulation
EU releases Implementation Rules and practical guide to IUU Regulation
Fijiís ongoing struggle to regain EU market access
PNA Office established in Marshall Islands
Fisheries Trade and Development
Local Protests over PNGís Pacific Marine Industrial Zone
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS SEPTEMBER 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS : Volume 2: Issue 9 September 2009
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
Update on fisheries subsidies 'Roadmap' discussions at the WTO
PREFERENTIAL AND FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
EU to drop tuna tariff for Southeast Asian countries?
FISHERIES TRADE-RELATED REGULATION
Update on EU IUU regulation: implications for developing country exports
TUNA MARKETS
Strong growth and signs of success in India's efforts to expand tuna exports
US canned tuna brands introduce new products, campaigns
FISHERIES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Concern over bluefin decline heightens, policy action ensues
FFA Fisheries Trade News August 2009
Articles in this month's edition include:
- PNG signs Interim Economic Partnership Agreement, Spanish Industry attempted to scupper global sourcing rules of origin
- Pacific island countries seek to reframe relations with distant water fishing nations and fleets
- Scientists sign consensus statement on threats to the Pacific Ocean
- International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) takes action on traceability, tuna stocks and bycatch
- Greenpeace rates fisheries eco-label schemes
- Developments among Spanish tuna firms
FFA participates in Pacific Islands News Association Convention in Vanuatu
PORT VILA, VANUATU, 25-30 July 2009: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has been raising awareness of fisheries issues with media attending the conference.
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS JULY 2009
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 2: Issue 7 July 2009
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Tuna decision making processes explained
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, MONDAY 20 JULY 2009: Ever wondered how countries negotiate the rules on tuna fishing? How international decisions between the Pacific Islands and the world’s biggest fishing countries are made? What is the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)? Who are its members and what it has done so far? How the WCPFC seeks to control fishing and illegal fishing?
