Cook Islands strengthen maritime surveillance capabilities
MMR/MFAI/FFA
4th June 2022
Media-Releases
FFA extends condolences on passing of Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) extends its deepest condolences and expresses its profound grief following the untimely passing of the Minister of Fisheries and Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Tuvalu, Honourable Minute Alapati Taupo.
Regional Cooperation ensures 17 Passengers rescued from boat in distress
HONIARA, 23 May, 2022- 17 passengers were returned safely to their loved ones thanks to the combined effort of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Aerial Surveillance Program (ASP) aircraft, the Royal
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 15: Issue 2 March-April 2022
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Will agreement be reached on fisheries subsidies at WTO Ministerial Conference in June?
Fisheries Regulation
Taiwan Government to institute additional labour reforms on distant water vessels
China’s ‘fishery stewardship subsidies’ and growing access arrangements muddied by ‘fish crimes’
Review of EU IUU fishing regulation finds a success story
Fisheries experts give inspiration to Pacific youth on World Tuna Day
HONIARA/NOUMEA, 10 May, 2022 – The tuna that ‘fee
Happy World Tuna Day
The GEF Story: https://www.ffa.int/node/2680
And the Photo-story: https://www.ffa.int/node/2681
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