FFA advises members about relevant developments in international trade policy and economic co-operation frameworks and how to advance their individual and collective fisheries interests in trade policy and economic partnership negotiations. Regular trade and industry reports include Fisheries Trade Briefing, Tuna Market News & Fisheries Economic Indicators. Many of these activities are part of the DEVFISH project.
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
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Fisheries Trade
Progress in renegotiations for Compacts of Free Association
China-Ecuador FTA sees tuna tariffs untouched
Fisheries Management
Kiribati re-opens Phoenix Islands Protected Area to tuna fishing
American Samoa aims to move toward recognition at WCPFC with local licensing system for US purse seiners
Panama awaits its fate on second IUU yellow card warning
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Management
WCPFC19 adopts a harvest strategy for WCPO skipjack tuna
Pacific seeks Green Climate Fund to support food security and fisheries management
Global Fishing Watch explores AIS disabling and signs data sharing deal with Papua New Guinea
Tuna Industry
Tuna transhipment in Majuro struggles to return to pre-Covid levels
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Highlights from 17th Infofish World Tuna Trade Conference
Fisheries Cooperation
US-Pacific Island Country Summit signals US reinvestment, yields joint declaration of cooperation
Fisheries Trade
UK launches new Developing Countries Trade Scheme to replace EU GSP
Fisheries Management
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
In memory of our beloved colleague and friend, Dr. Tony Lewis.
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Fisheries Development
US efforts to re-engage the Pacific, including through tuna fisheries, continue to unfold
Fisheries Management
WCPO skipjack tuna stock remains healthy; Pacific bluefin stock is rebuilding
WCPFC holds first Science-Management Dialogue to progress harvest strategy development
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is finally reached, but is missing the main discipline
Negotiation dynamics at WTO Ministerial Conference 12
China and US aim to bolster ties in the Pacific
Fisheries Management
IOTC misses the mark again on yellowfin stock re-building
Fisheries Development
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Will agreement be reached on fisheries subsidies at WTO Ministerial Conference in June?
Fisheries Regulation
Taiwan Government to institute additional labour reforms on distant water vessels
China’s ‘fishery stewardship subsidies’ and growing access arrangements muddied by ‘fish crimes’
Review of EU IUU fishing regulation finds a success story
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
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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
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
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