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 15th 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.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS. Volume 11: Issue 3May-June 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Highlights from 2018 Infofish World Tuna Conference
Preferential Trade
Solomon Islands set to graduate from LDC status, threatening duty-free access to EU for tuna loins
Fisheries Management
PNA announces a blockchain initiative for Pacifical fishery; traceability initiatives flourish
PRESS RELEASE: AUSTRALIA COMMITS NEW LONG-TERM SUPPORT TO FFA
RAROTONGA, 3 July 2018, -- Every year ministerial delegations from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) 17 member countries meet to discuss priority issues for enhanced regional cooperation in offshore fisheries, focusing on the sustainable management of the highly-valuable tuna sector.
The Cook Islands will host this year’s 15th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministers Meeting (FFCMIN15) in Rarotonga from July 3-5, 2018. The theme of this year’s meeting will be “Our Moana, our fish, our future.”
1 July 2018
COOK ISLANDS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IMMIGRATION (MFAI) AND MINISTRY OF MARINE RESOURCES (MMR) MEDIA STATEMENT
AUCKLAND 29 June 2018, -- In a move to enhance tuna fisheries management in the Pacific, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) committed NZD 4.9million to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) yesterday.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 2March-April 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
US-GSP provision expired, and reinstated
US steel and aluminium tariffs: potential Impacts on seafood
The Trans-Pacific Partnership redux?
Brexit and the politics of fisheries access in the EU
Fisheries Management
PNA Leaders meet to discuss tuna priorities