FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS. Volume 13: Issue 5September-October 2020
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Solomon Islands granted ‘global sourcing’ rules of origin
European Parliament calls for temporary withdrawal of Philippines GSP+ status
Fisheries Regulation
China and Taiwan fish added to the U.S. List of Goods Produced by Forced Labour
Fisheries Management
HONIARA, 28 October, 2020 – One of the largest maritime surveillance operation in the world, Operation Kurukuru, concludes on Friday 30 October, after two weeks of international cooperation by aircraft, ships, and national organisations to target Illegal, Unregulated and Unreporte
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Chair of WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations release draft text
Fisheries Regulation
New technologies promise monitoring break-through for transhipment at sea
Fisheries Management
FFA Fisheries Ministers progress observer and crew safety and longline fisheries development
WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks remain healthy
HONIARA, 21st September 2020
HONIARA, 16 September 2020 - The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has announced an initiative to create more focus on gender equality and social inclusion within the region’s tuna fisheries sector.
HONIARA, 10th September 2020 – A visit by Executive Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Headquarters Tuesday this week has highlighted the commitment to continuous cooperation between the two organisations, especially during this period of the COVI
HONIARA, 4th September 2020
ONIARA, 3rd September 2020 – A fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance operation in the Pacific concludes this week, with excellent cooperation demonstrated between nations despite the challenges of COVID-19 contin
PIFS HQ, SUVA (02 September 2020) -- Climate action and oceans realities for the Pacific have been the focus of a just-ended virtual tour of the region by the United Kingdom’s Minister for Pacific and the Environment, Lord Zak Goldsmith.
