Media-Releases

Pacific nations keep focus on IUU fishing: Monitoring, Control, Surveillance sessions begin

3 April 2017 FFA HQ SOLOMON ISLANDS – A who’s who of Pacific Fisheries is continuing to pour into Honiara this week for the annual series of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance sessions tackling Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing in the Pacific tuna fishery.

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 1 January-February 2017

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 1January-February 2017

By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]

CONTENTS

Preferential Trade

Philippines risk GSP+ status if death-penalty is reintroduced

Fisheries Subsidies

WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations gather momentum ahead of the 11th Ministerial Conference

Subsidies reported to continue fuelling profitability for China’s largest tuna fishing companies

Rai Balang surveillance sweep nabs IUU fishers : Blue boats spotted in PNG EEZ

17 Mach, 2017, FFA HQ SOLOMON ISLANDS – Fishing without a working Vessel Monitoring System and illegal shark fishing are amongst the license breaches picked up in the just-ended Operation Rai Balang surveillance sweep for 2017. LINK TO RAI BALANG PHOTOGALLERY 2017

Challenges, opportunities in regional fisheries top informal Ministerial agenda

9 Mar, 2017 FFA HQ Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS – Pacific Ministers of Fisheries are in Honiara this week discussing opportunities and challenges for strategic fisheries cooperation.

FFA’s ‘MoanaVoices’ spreads the word on Fisheries careers for Pacific women

9 Mar, 2017 FFA HQ Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS – Profiles of eight Pacific women in regional, industry and national fisheries administrations are featured in a new FFA publication aimed at encouraging more women to consider the diverse range of jobs in Offshore Fisheries. (Link to MOANAVOICES magazine here)

International Women's Day 2017 FFA statement: FFA to progress new Gender Equity Framework in 2017

08 Mar 2017, FFA HQ SOLOMON ISLANDS – The 8th of March marks International Women’s Day. This year the United Nation’s has chosen the theme “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work.” This draw’s attention to residual issues such as the gender pay gap, unpaid care work, the challenges for women in the informal economy and the opportunities created by new technologies.

OFCF, FFA annual funding meet reaches ten-year, US10m milestone

Joint FFA-OFCF Release-- Wed 1 March 2017, FFA HQ, SOLOMON ISLANDS— In a move that will help strengthen Pacific tuna fisheries, cooperation between the Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation of Japan (OFCF) and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) was reaffirmed during negotiations in Honiara over the past three days.

Fisheries Management

Lack lustre progress at WCPFC13; Pacific Bluefin outlook remains dire

US Treaty inked as US fleet seeks more high seas fishing

MSC heavily criticised by founding partner, WWF

Fisheries Development

United Nations adopts ‘World Tuna Day’

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

Strengthening national capacity and regional solidarity for sustainable tuna fisheries

Pacific nations keep focus on IUU fishing: Monitoring, Control, Surveillance sessions begin

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 1 January-February 2017

Rai Balang surveillance sweep nabs IUU fishers : Blue boats spotted in PNG EEZ

Challenges, opportunities in regional fisheries top informal Ministerial agenda

FFA’s ‘MoanaVoices’ spreads the word on Fisheries careers for Pacific women

International Women's Day 2017 FFA statement: FFA to progress new Gender Equity Framework in 2017

OFCF, FFA annual funding meet reaches ten-year, US10m milestone

Hats off to Solomon Islands for return to green card on EU market access, says FFA

New Zealand funds major boost for South Pacific albacore long-line management

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 6 November-December 2016

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