Media-Releases

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

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 –5^th September 2018--Pacific Forum Leaders have welcomed the increased air surveillance capacity of the new Forum Fishe

Corporate Dynamics in the Shelf-Stable Tuna Industry

Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling (2018), Corporate Dynamics in the Shelf-stable Tuna Industry, Honiara: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

PRESS RELEASE: Monitoring, control and surveillance operation to help stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing a success

Covering 16.5 million square kilometres over 10 days with 10 FFA member states, Operation Island Chief found no infringements or breaches

Fisheries Ministers Appoint First Female Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

Forum Fisheries Ministers announced the appointment of the incoming Director General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen, at the conclusion of the 15^th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial meeting which was held in the Cook Islands on 3-5 July and chaired by Cook Islands Prime Minister and Minister of Marine Resources, Honourable Henry Puna.

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

Strengthening national capacity and regional solidarity for sustainable tuna fisheries