By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Pacific Forum launches videos introducing WTO fisheries subsidies debates
Fisheries Regulation
Workshop aims to spread awareness and update FFA COVID-19 Operating Protocols
A new standard for crew joins a growing number of labour-related regulatory tools
Tuna Industry
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
FFA Trade and Industry News 2020 roundup
Fisheries Trade
WTO misses deadline, diverges on development and debates fisheries licensing
Fisheries Management
WCPFC rolls over tropical tunas measure; COVID-19 delays progress on new measure
IATTC ‘emergency’ meeting results in a tropical tuna measure roll-over after impasse
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS. Volume 13: Issue 5September-October 2020
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Solomon Islands granted ‘global sourcing’ rules of origin
European Parliament calls for temporary withdrawal of Philippines GSP+ status
Fisheries Regulation
China and Taiwan fish added to the U.S. List of Goods Produced by Forced Labour
Fisheries Management
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Chair of WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations release draft text
Fisheries Regulation
New technologies promise monitoring break-through for transhipment at sea
Fisheries Management
FFA Fisheries Ministers progress observer and crew safety and longline fisheries development
WCPO bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks remain healthy
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 13: Issue 3 May - June 2020
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Fisheries Regulation
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
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
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