Wed 11 Dec 2019
A landmark Forum Fisheries Agency resolution on climate change has been adopted by the 16th annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, creating a platform for a more urgent response to global warming by the world’s largest tuna fisheries organisation.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 12: Issue 5September-October 2019
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Solomon Islands and Kiribati switch diplomatic recognition to China
US-China trade war, and uncertainty, drags on
US suspends GSP seafood tariff preferences for Thailand
Fisheries Regulation
UN negotiations on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
“We remind ourselves that FFA members were the founding members for the Tuna Commission. And since the beginning, even during the days of the negotiations for the Convention [to establish the Commission] we have been driven by the exceptional vision, forty years ago on why we do this.” Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, Director General, Forum Fisheries Agency
By Lealaiauloto Aigaletaule’ale’a F. Tauafiafi
Wed 4 Dec 2019
HONIARA, 25 November 2019 -- Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency today hosted His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on a visit to FFA headquarters in Honiara.
HONIARA, 1 November, 2019 – October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month or Pinktober because of Pink Ribbon Day (25 October).
HONIARA, 25 October, 2019 – The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) lead Operation Kurukuru is one of the largest maritime surveillance operations globally covering an area the land size of Russia, India and Egypt combined.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS . Volume 12: Issue 4 July-August 2019
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Signs of convergence in WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations, but major differences remain
EU-Mercosur reach trade agreement, but threatened by environmental concerns
Fisheries Regulation
Marshall Islands seeking EU market access; hopeful of removal from EU ‘tax haven’ blacklist
PORT MORESBY, 11 September 2019 – Media personnel in Papua New Guinea now have a better understanding of the significance and value of tuna fisheries after three days of a fisheries-related media workshop. The workshop was held from 9-11 September in Port Moresby and brought together around twenty journalists, as well as selected journalism students from Divine Word University in Madang.
HONIARA, 3 September 2019 – The third Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency-led monitoring, control and surveillance operation for the year - Operation Island Chief 2019 (OPIC19) covered an area greater than the size of Russia, the biggest country in the world.