FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 15: Issue 1 January-February 2022

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

CONTENTS

Regional Cooperation

US signals renewed geopolitical engagement in Pacific, regional negotiations in flux

Fisheries Regulation

US concludes Vanuatu-flagged tuna longliner has used forced labour

FFA report quantifies IUU fishing in Pacific Islands

China updates its distant water fleet policy framework

US Government moves to enhance seafood traceability and labour conditions

International Women’s Day: FFA bolsters support for women in fisheries

HONIARA, 8 March, 2022

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 14: Issue 6 November-December 2021

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

CONTENTS

Fisheries Trade

WTO fisheries subsidies text released, MC12 delayed by Covid, and what next?

Fisheries Management

WCPFC’s tropical tuna stocks under status quo management for next two years

PNA seeks to extend MSC certification as lack of harvest strategies threatens MSC progress and future

Kiribati Government proposes opening its protected area to commercial fishing

Regional cooperation reduces illegal, unreported & unregulated tuna fishing in Pacific

Regional cooperation reduces illegal, unreported & unregulated tuna fishing in Pacific

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 14: Issue 5 September-October 2021

By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy1

CONTENTS

Fisheries Trade

China’s fisheries subsidies reform reduces transparency and focuses on distant waters

Fisheries Management

Commission prepares for adoption of a new tropical tunas measure at WCPFC18

IATTC adopts a new tropical tunas measure after August Annual Meeting failure

IUCN removes tuna species from endangered list

Fisheries Regulation

Pacific Islands unite against challenges to the sustainability of their tuna stocks and defend their sovereign rights to manage fisheries in their waters.

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MARITIME BOUNDARIES HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE 16-17 November 2021 OPENING REMARKS BY FFA DIRECTOR-GENERAL DR MANU TUPOU-ROOSEN

Your Excellency Honourable David Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia

Pacific fisheries protected through co-operative surveillance operation

Transforming digital design in Pacific Fisheries

SYDNEY/HONIARA/NUKU’ALOFA

IN LOVING MEMORY Professor William Ross Edeson 26 November 1942 - 12 October 2021

Professor Edeson, known to many as Professor Bill, was a man of extraordinary intellect, kind, personable, caring, humble and genuine.

During his illustrious career, Professor Edeson excelled in academia as well as in the service of countries and international organisations. He had a superb knowledge of the Law of the Sea, international law and government law issues.

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