Nine Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Observers have been successfully repatriated to their respective countries on a chartered flight on Tuesday 7th July, 2020.
All of these observers were disembarked from United States fishing boats in Pago Pago, American Samoa over the past several weeks.
HONIARA, 11th June 2020 – THE Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has hosted a one-day online discussion today, on the impacts of Climate Change on Offshore Fisheries.
HONIARA, 28 May 2020 –
HONIARA, 22 May 2020: As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has taken action to continue to monitor and control fishing of the world’s largest tuna stocks.
FFA invites applications for scholarships to the USP Pacific TAFE Certificate IV Fisheries Enforcement and Compliance (CEFC4) course, due to commence in July 2020. The CEFC4 is a 12-month online study programme, with a competency-based assessment. The Training provides students with an introduction to fisheries management and monitoring, control and surveillance. Applications are welcome for those working in an area involved in the boarding and inspection of fishing vessels. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply through their national administration in FFA Member countries.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 13: Issue 2 March-April 2020
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Coronavirus puts WTO negotiations on ice; Chair launches draft fisheries subsidies prohibition
EU plans to reform its GSP by 2024 and opens public consultation
Fisheries Regulation
Temporary WCPO COVID-19 exemptions for observers and in-port transhipment
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 13: Issue 1Jan-Feb 2020
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Solomon Islands accedes to Interim EPA with the EU
Post-Brexit UK trade policy and preference erosion for tuna
PACER Plus creeps closer to ratification
Tuna still faces tariffs despite chill on China-US trade war
EU tuna loins quota exhausted on first working day of 2020
