FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 4: Issue 3March 2011
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Amanda Hamilton and Manleen Dugal[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Subsidies
Update on fisheries subsidies discussions at the World Trade Organisation
Preferential Trade Agreements
Spanish industry interests continue to attack PNG over global sourcing rule
ATPDEA expires, Ecuador pouch producers loose duty free access to US market
Fisheries Management
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 4: Issue 1& 2 January-February 2011
By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling[1]
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 14 MARCH 2011: The European Union (EU), Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have commenced the DEVFISH II project to provide national and regional assistance to Pacific Island fisheries.
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 7-10 MARCH 2011: High level delegations from member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) - Australia, Fiji and Kiribati - visited the regional headquarters of the agency last week to tour the Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre and to discuss key fisheries issues.
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 3: Issue 12 December 2010
By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Subsidies and Trade
Fisheries Subsidies Proposals Discussed at the World Trade Organisation
Update on PACP-EU EPA Negotiation
Fisheries Management
Meeting Outcomes from WCPFC - Seventh Annual Session
HAWAII, US, 10 DECEMBER 2010: As the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting closed today, FFA members said there was unfinished business that the Commission needed to address next year. While FFA members made advances on some technical issues, there were no decisions made on the critical issues of overfishing of bigeye and yellowfin tuna, catch of whales and dolphins, and adequate severity of punishment for illegal fishing.
This week the Annual Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is being held in Ko Olina, Hawaii. News on outcomes from the meeting will be released on 10 December 2010 (Hawaii time).
FFA FISHERIES TRADE NEWS
Volume 3: Issue 10&11 October and November 2010
By Amanda Hamilton, Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Manleen Dugal[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Subsidies
New fisheries subsidies proposals by Korea and Australia at the WTO
Fisheries Trade and Development
MSC assesses skipjack and yellowfin for sustainability, advocacy groups ISSF and Pew object
Fisheries Management
Senior representatives of the Fisheries Administrations of Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga have just concluded a successful round of cooperation talks in Auckland, building on the signature of TeVakaMoana Arrangement (TVMA), in January.
This release comes from the current Chair Mr Peter Graham, of the Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources.