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Media-Releases
Increased support for Pacific tuna fisheries
Increasing employment and economic benefits from the Pacific’s offshore fisheries is the focus of a new NZD$5 million partnership between Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
Pacific trials new high tech tools in response to illegal fishing
HONIARA, 17 March, 2022 – Pacific Island Forum Fisheries is building on its high tech response to illegal and unreported fishing with new tools being trialled to
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 15: Issue 1 January-February 2022
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Regional Cooperation
US signals renewed geopolitical engagement in Pacific, regional negotiations in flux
Fisheries Regulation
US concludes Vanuatu-flagged tuna longliner has used forced labour
FFA report quantifies IUU fishing in Pacific Islands
China updates its distant water fleet policy framework
US Government moves to enhance seafood traceability and labour conditions
International Women’s Day: FFA bolsters support for women in fisheries
HONIARA, 8 March, 2022
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 14: Issue 6 November-December 2021
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
WTO fisheries subsidies text released, MC12 delayed by Covid, and what next?
Fisheries Management
WCPFC’s tropical tuna stocks under status quo management for next two years
PNA seeks to extend MSC certification as lack of harvest strategies threatens MSC progress and future
Kiribati Government proposes opening its protected area to commercial fishing
Regional cooperation reduces illegal, unreported & unregulated tuna fishing in Pacific
Regional cooperation reduces illegal, unreported & unregulated tuna fishing in Pacific
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 14: Issue 5 September-October 2021
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy1
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
China’s fisheries subsidies reform reduces transparency and focuses on distant waters
Fisheries Management
Commission prepares for adoption of a new tropical tunas measure at WCPFC18
IATTC adopts a new tropical tunas measure after August Annual Meeting failure
IUCN removes tuna species from endangered list
Fisheries Regulation