MEDIA RELEASE:Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Celebrates 40 years of Service
HONIARA, 9 August 2019 – Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) celebrated 40 years of service with a dinner hosted by the Director General, Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen.
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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”.
MEDIA RELEASE: International judge presents keynote in regional judicial symposium to promote responsibility in fisheries
Honiara, Solomon Islands, Monday 5 August 2019 – Judge Tomas Heidar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), who serves as President of its Chamber for Fisheries Disputes, today delivered a keynote address to the regional judicial symposium on the topic "IUU Fishing and the ITLOS Advisory Opinion".
MEDIA RELEASE: School kids delight in 40th anniversary celebrations with FFA staff
HONIARA, 2 August, 2019 – The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) welcomed children from around Honiara, Solomon Islands to showcase the work of the regional fisheries agency as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations.
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
MEDIA RELEASE: FORUM FISHERIES MINISTERS SIGN OFF ON KEY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY REPORT
HONIARA, 26 June 2019 – Fisheries Ministers attending the 16th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial Meeting in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, last week signed off on a key report – the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of Living Oceanic Resources by the Small Island Developing States of the Western and Central Pacific (the Strategic Action
MEDIA RELEASE First ever fisheries policy dialogue between the EU and Pacific
POHNPEI, 21 June 2019 -- For the first time in the Pacific region, a policy dialogue between the seventeen (17) Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) Members and the European Union (EU) to discuss issues and challenges relating to the sustainable management of marine resources commenced in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia today.
MEDIA RELEASE: Fisheries Ministers set course for the future of Pacific tuna fisheries
POHNPEI, 21 June 2019 – This week, Pacific fisheries Ministers and senior government representatives met in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia to progress work that will ensure the region’s major offshore resource – tuna – is not only managed well and sustainably, but continues to provide the social and economic benefits for our Pacific people.
Statement of Outcomes from the Sixteen Annual Session of the Forum Fisheries Committee Ministers Meeting (FFC Min16)
The Communique is in the attachments below.