HONIARA, 22 May 2020: As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has taken action to continue to monitor and control fishing of the world’s largest tuna stocks.
FFA invites applications for scholarships to the USP Pacific TAFE Certificate IV Fisheries Enforcement and Compliance (CEFC4) course, due to commence in July 2020. The CEFC4 is a 12-month online study programme, with a competency-based assessment. The Training provides students with an introduction to fisheries management and monitoring, control and surveillance. Applications are welcome for those working in an area involved in the boarding and inspection of fishing vessels. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply through their national administration in FFA Member countries.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 13: Issue 2 March-April 2020
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Coronavirus puts WTO negotiations on ice; Chair launches draft fisheries subsidies prohibition
EU plans to reform its GSP by 2024 and opens public consultation
Fisheries Regulation
Temporary WCPO COVID-19 exemptions for observers and in-port transhipment
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 13: Issue 1Jan-Feb 2020
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Solomon Islands accedes to Interim EPA with the EU
Post-Brexit UK trade policy and preference erosion for tuna
PACER Plus creeps closer to ratification
Tuna still faces tariffs despite chill on China-US trade war
EU tuna loins quota exhausted on first working day of 2020
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 12: Issue 6 November-December 2019
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Crunch time for the Pacific Islands as WTO Fisheries Subsidies negotiations enter final lap
Fisheries Regulation
EU IUU regulation targets Ecuador, Panama and Vietnam
Fisheries Management
WCPFC16 makes inroads in bycatch mitigation; slow going on tropical tunas
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.