FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 8: Issue 5September-October 2015
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Regulation
EU IUU gives ‘yellow card’ to Taiwan, lifts from PNG and ‘red card’ decision on Thailand pending
US rejects purse seining petition, threat of impacts on American Samoa
American Samoa minimum wage hike pushed by mainland competitor
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 8: Issue 4 July-August 2015
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
EU concludes Free-Trade Agreement with Vietnam
Fisheries Regulation
Tri Marine submits petition for purse seine exemption in US waters and high seas
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 8: Issue 2 March-April 2015
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature: Report on European Tuna Conference 2015
Fisheries Regulation
Thailand issued with a ‘yellow card’ warning by EU
US releases action plan on combatting IUU and seafood fraud
Tuna Access Arrangements
No agreement, but frank discussion in US Treaty negotiations
The world’s largest traditional canned tuna markets – Europe and the USA – are maturing. Consumption levels are stabilising in the EU and are declining in the US. However, Pacific Island processors continue to depend heavily on the European market for light meat canned tuna and pre-cooked loin exports due to duty free access, as well as the US market for pre-cooked albacore loins.
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 8: Issue 1January-February 2015
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
EU loins quota for 2015 exhausted on first day
Fisheries Regulation
Solomon Islands ‘yellow carded’ under EU-IUU Fishing Regulation
Six nations identified by US for IUU fishing
The domestic politics of the EU IUU regulation in the Philippines
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 6 November-December 2014
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Philippines GSP+ status enters into force
Tuna Access Arrangements
Tokelau Arrangement on Southern Albacore; too late for Fiji’s domestic industry?
Value of EU-Kiribati FPA increases, deemed ‘efficient’ in EU-sponsored evaluation
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 5September-October 2014
By Liam Campling and Elizabeth Havice[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Regulation
EU anti-IUU measures: Sri Lanka ‘red carded’ and new reports on regulatory effectiveness
Obama compromises on US Pacific Marine National Monuments
Tuna Access Arrangements
PNG tightens fishing access arrangements to stimulate onshore development
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 4 July-August 2014
By Mike McCoy, Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Fiji implements Interim EPA with the EU
Ecuador concludes a Free Trade Agreement with the EU
Philippines’ EU-GSP+ application outcome remains uncertain
Interim EPA deals finalised in Southern and West Africa
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 7: Issue 3 May-June 2014
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Infofish Tuna 2014
Preferential Trade Agreements
Can the Philippines meet EU GSP+ labour standards?
Fisheries Regulation
UK media and US government highlight slavery in Thai seafood industry
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 7: Issue 2 March-April 2014
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Is the EU-PACP clash over global sourcing rules of origin for fish ‘fillets’ necessary?
European Parliament calls for canned tuna to be excluded from EU-Thai FTA
Fisheries Development