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FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 12: Issue 4 July-August 2019

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

MEDIA RELEASE:PNG media prepped to tell “fish-story” ahead of Seventh Pacific Tuna Forum

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.

MEDIA RELEASE: Chief Justice of the Solomon Islands and FFA Director-General co-host the first Pacific regional judicial symposium to promote responsibility in fisheries

Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tuesday 6 August 2019 –the Honourable Chief Justice of the Solomon Islands Sir Albert Palmer and the Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen yesterday opened the first Pacific regional judicial symposium on the theme “Responsibility in Fisheries”.

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 12: Issue 3 May-June 2019

FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 12: Issue 3 May-June 2019

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

 

CONTENTS

Fisheries Trade & Aid

Burst of new fisheries subsidies while the WTO slowly negotiates rules

EU and Vietnam sign Free Trade Agreement

Growing Chinese influence in the Pacific sparks new interest in international aid

 

Fisheries Management

FFA Ministers agree to minimum terms and conditions for crew employment

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