PRESS RELEASE: FFA Director General makes first official visit to RMI
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Media-Releases
PRESS RELEASE: ‘AUSTRALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENCE FORCE VISIT TO FFA, A REMINDER OF THE POWER OF COOPERATION,’ FFA DG
HONIARA, 25 January 2019 -- The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency yesterday welcomed the highest rankin
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 6 November-December 2018
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS . Volume 11: Issue 6 . November-December 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations to intensify in 2019
US-China temporary truce offers reprieve from scheduled tariff increases
Fisheries Management
WCPFC15 strengthens management of South Pacific albacore, adopts a new Compliance Monitoring Scheme
FFA Regional Aerial Surveillance aircraft in Solomon Is
The Solomon Islands Government has welcomed the FFA Regional Aerial Surveillance aircraft currently operating out of Henderson Airport and undertaking fisheries surveillance in the Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
At an event hosted at Henderson Airport this afternoon, the Australian High Commissioner, H. E. Mr. Roderick Brazier, Acting Permanent Secretary for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Mr. Ferral Lasi, and MFMR staff were able to join the FFA Director General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen, in viewing the aircraft.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 5 September-October 2018
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 5 September-October 2018
Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Fishing overcapacity discussed at the World Trade Organisation
Flags of convenience and fisheries-related tax evasion increasingly in the spotlight
Fisheries Management
Update from WCPFC 14th Technical and Compliance Committee
PRESS RELEASE: First female Chief of Staff leads successful joint fisheries operation (OPKK 18) to combat illegal fishing in the region
HONIARA, 29 October 2018 --- It is not often a female Chief of Staff is chosen to lead a joint fisheries and maritime operation between FFA Member countries and QUAD partners (Australia, France, New Zealand and USA). But Senior Constable Sepola Tataa Niulakita from Tuvalu, the first female Chief of Staff, was chosen to lead Operation Kurukuru 2018 (OPKK18), an annual FFA-led operation to combat illegal fishing in the Pacific region.
PRESS RELEASE: Seven Pacific small to medium enterprises from fisheries sector on a high after Seafood Expo Asia
HONIARA, 21 September 2018, -- A week after Seafood Expo Asia, seven Pacific small to medium sized fishing companies continue to reap the benefits of attending and meeting with potential buyers.
PRESS RELEASE: Forum Leaders commit to ensuring long-term sustainability and viability of fisheries resources
HONIARA, 19 September, 2018 -- At their annual summit in Nauru, Pacific Forum Leaders lent their support to a number of recommendations from Forum Fisheries Ministers who had met earlier in the year in July in the Cook Islands.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 4 July-August 2018
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS . Volume 11: Issue 4July-August 2018
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
FFA study on ‘Corporate Dynamics in the Shelf-stable Tuna Industry’
Fisheries Trade
Trump’s US trade-war and China’s tuna
Kiribati meets all requirements for EU market access
Update on EU ‘yellow card’ warnings
Fisheries Management
Press Release: Pacific leaders welcome state of the art aerial surveillance
NAURUPIF 2018, Yaren –5th September 2018--Pacific Forum Leaders have welcomed the increased air surveillance capacity of the new Forum Fishe