The world’s largest traditional canned tuna markets – Europe and the USA – are maturing. Consumption levels are stabilising in the EU and are declining in the US. However, Pacific Island processors continue to depend heavily on the European market for light meat canned tuna and pre-cooked loin exports due to duty free access, as well as the US market for pre-cooked albacore loins.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 8: Issue 1January-February 2015
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
EU loins quota for 2015 exhausted on first day
Fisheries Regulation
Solomon Islands ‘yellow carded’ under EU-IUU Fishing Regulation
Six nations identified by US for IUU fishing
The domestic politics of the EU IUU regulation in the Philippines
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 6 November-December 2014
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Philippines GSP+ status enters into force
Tuna Access Arrangements
Tokelau Arrangement on Southern Albacore; too late for Fiji’s domestic industry?
Value of EU-Kiribati FPA increases, deemed ‘efficient’ in EU-sponsored evaluation
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 5September-October 2014
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Regulation
EU anti-IUU measures: Sri Lanka ‘red carded’ and new reports on regulatory effectiveness
Obama compromises on US Pacific Marine National Monuments
Tuna Access Arrangements
PNG tightens fishing access arrangements to stimulate onshore development
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 4 July-August 2014
By Mike McCoy, Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Fiji implements Interim EPA with the EU
Ecuador concludes a Free Trade Agreement with the EU
Philippines’ EU-GSP+ application outcome remains uncertain
Interim EPA deals finalised in Southern and West Africa
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 7: Issue 3 May-June 2014
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Infofish Tuna 2014
Preferential Trade Agreements
Can the Philippines meet EU GSP+ labour standards?
Fisheries Regulation
UK media and US government highlight slavery in Thai seafood industry
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 2 March-April 2014
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Is the EU-PACP clash over global sourcing rules of origin for fish ‘fillets’ necessary?
European Parliament calls for canned tuna to be excluded from EU-Thai FTA
Fisheries Development
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Editorial Note, FFA Director General James Movick
Trade and industry intelligence key to Pacific fisheries management
Preferential Trade Agreements
EU Loins Quota for 2014 exhausted in ten days
Fisheries Development
Update on South Pacific Albacore crisis
Western Indian Ocean: piracy declines, fishing capacity returns
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 6: Issue 6 November-December 2013
Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
World Trade Organisation
WTO-deal in Bali
US to strengthen dolphin-safe tuna rules to comply with WTO ruling
Fisheries Regulation
EU bans fisheries imports from Belize, Guinea & Cambodia
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 6: Issue 5 September-October 2013
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Pacific Tuna Forum 2013
Preferential Trade Agreements
Pacific EPA collapses under weight of fisheries issues?
Thai-EU FTA may erode Pacific tuna trade preference
Ecuador GSP+ status set to continue in 2014