FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 1January-February 2017
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
Philippines risk GSP+ status if death-penalty is reintroduced
Fisheries Subsidies
WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations gather momentum ahead of the 11th Ministerial Conference
Subsidies reported to continue fuelling profitability for China’s largest tuna fishing companies
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 6 November-December 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Management
Lack lustre progress at WCPFC13; Pacific Bluefin outlook remains dire
US Treaty inked as US fleet seeks more high seas fishing
MSC heavily criticised by founding partner, WWF
Fisheries Development
United Nations adopts ‘World Tuna Day’
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 9: Issue 5 September-October 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
WTO Fisheries Subsidies
Proposed disciplines on fisheries subsidies are back on the international agenda
Preferential Trade Agreements
Ecuador tuna exports to the EU benefit from temporary relaxation of rules of origin
Fisheries Management
Summary of WCPFC’s Twelfth Technical & Compliance Committee Meeting
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 4July-August 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling1
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade Agreements
Brexit: Potential implications in the Pacific
EU and Indonesia enter Free Trade Agreement negotiations
Fisheries Management
Summary of WCPFC’s Twelfth Scientific Committee Meeting
Fisheries Development
PNA Ministerial meeting recognizes outgoing CEO, looks to the future
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 3May-June 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
14th Infofish World Tuna Trade Conference Summary
Fisheries Management
US and Pacific Island Parties Reach New US Treaty Agreement
US combines in-zone and high seas fishing effort in interim rule
Port State Measures Agreement Enters into Force
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 2March-April 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature: Legal Actions Related to US Regulation, Management and Industry
US-Mexico tuna-dolphin debate continues
Canada protests US IUU rule
US closes a loophole of seafood produced through forced labour
Class action cases on under-filled cans multiply
Fisheries Regulation
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 9: Issue 1 January-February 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
America’s Tuna Conference Overview
Preferential Trade
Lack lustre tuna tariff preferences under EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement
Fisheries Regulation
Thailand awaits verdict from EU on red card for IUU fishing
Fisheries Management
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 8: Issue 6November-December 2015
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade Policy
Fisheries aspects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Fisheries subsidies negotiations fail at WTO 10th Ministerial
Fisheries Regulation
Tuna Access Arrangements
US Treaty remains fragile as vessel day price soars and skipjack prices plummet
Fisheries Management
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