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2017 Pacific Fisheries Ministerial Communique: 14th FFCMIN Outcomes, Australia takes Chair.

Statement of Outcomes from the Fourteenth Annual Session of Pacific Fisheries Ministers

1. Ministers representing Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu met in Mooloolaba, Australia on 5 and 6 July 2017 as the fourteenth annual meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) Ministers.

2. Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu were represented by diplomats and senior officials.

FFCMIN14: "Fiji is committed" to finalising Tokelau Arrangement- calls for consensus, solidarity on issues that matter (STATEMENT)

Fiiji's Country statement at FFCMIN Opening Plenary delivered by Hon. Semi Koroilavesau

(SALUTATIONS)-- Chair, I would like to congratulate you for your Chairmanship and thank the Australian government and its people for hosting the 102nd Forum Fisheries

FFCMIN14: 'Tuna is everything' to Pacific nations, says value-adding champion. (PNG statement)

FFCMIN14 Country Statement delivered by Deputy MD for PNG National Fisheries Authority, Philip Polon.

(SALUTATIONS)

FFCMIN14: Marshall Islands raises disproportionate burden on SIDS at WCPFC, wants new Marine Pollution measure (Statement)

RMI country statement to FFCMIN plenary delivered by Hon. Alfred Alfred, Jr.

(SALUTATIONS)

--On behalf of Her Excellency Madam President Dr. Hilda C. Heine, the Government and the People of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I extend to you all warm and heartfelt greetings of “Yokwe!”

FFCMIN14: Vanuatu's handover advice to new FFC Chair-- uphold Strength through regionalism, unity. (STATEMENT)

delivered as part of the opening formalities by H.E. Mr Kalfau Kaloris Vanuatu High Commissioner to Australia, for the Outgoing Chair of the Forum Fisheries Ministers Committee, Hon. Matai Seremaiah Nawalu, and welcoming of new Chair, Australia.

(Salutations)

FFCMIN14: Sustainability of South Pacific Albacore, WCPFC 2017, and FFA leadership change on the priority list-- new Chair (STATEMENT)

--(Salutations) Delivered by Australia's Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water, Senator Ann Ruston, as FFCMIN Chair.

I would like to thank previous meeting chair, Vanuatu, and acknowledge their great work in steering the FFA through a challenging 2016. I would also like to thank Mr Kerry Jones for welcoming us to Country.

FFCMIN14: Pacific fisheries ministers touch down in Australia to talk tuna

Mooloolaba, AUSTRALIA, FFCMIN, 14 5th July 2017-- Fisheries ministers from across the Pacific have converged on Mooloolaba, Queensland today to meet about the future of critical tuna fisheries.

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 3 May - June 2017

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 3May - June 2017

By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]

CONTENTS

Preferential & Fisheries Trade

Kiribati a step closer to EU market access for tuna

Fisheries Regulation

US government and importers prepare for IUU rule implementation

Fisheries Management

Outcomes from the 12th PNA Ministerial Meeting

Albacore meet opens on sombre note for Observer safety

Mooloolaba, Q’land, AUSTRALIA-- A pivotal meeting on South Pacific Albacore opened in Australia today with Pacific officials taking a moment of silence to reflect on another issue close to their hearts: Observer safety. This follows recent confirmation that another Pacific fisheries observer has gone missing at sea.

Kiribati Tuna poised for EU market access

FFA HQ, Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS. –An important milestone towards gaining access to the world’s most stringent consumer market for tuna has been met by Kiribati, making it only the fourth Pacific nation to do so.

The confirmation of the European Commission decision on 16th June to add the Republic of Kiribati to the list of countries whose fisheries food products acceptably conform to the restrictive food safety requirements of the EU market, is an impressive milestone for Kiribati.

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

Strengthening national capacity and regional solidarity for sustainable tuna fisheries