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International trade / WTO

A number of RFMOs have introduced trade measures to provide incentives to join and comply with the agreement. These include, for example, prohibitions on parties to the agreement allowing landing or transhipment of fish from the vessels of non-parties, or non-complying parties.

Another form of trade measure is a licensing scheme designed to exclude IUU products from consumer markets. The Catch Documentation Scheme for the Patagonian toothfish, introduced under the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in 2000, is designed to exclude illegally caught toothfish from international markets. The Scheme has had a clear impact on the price of toothfish, with legal fish able to command a 20-30% price premium - overcoming, at least to an extent, the problem of legal harvesting being undercut by cheaper illegal activities.

Some debate has arisen on the compatibility of trade measures such as these with WTO rules. No country has yet, however, challenged such a trade measure under the WTO dispute resolution process.

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documents

Combating Illegal Fishing in the EU: Interaction with WTO Rules
22/01/2010
The summary points for this paper are:

* Two new European regulations entered into force on 1 January 2010. Their aim is to establish a comprehensi ...

FMSP (Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK) Policy Briefs
01/10/2009
MRAG (Marine Rsources Assessment Group) have produced a series of 9 policy briefings each addressing a key area of sustainable fisheries and developme ...
Author: MRAG, for the Department for International Development (DFID) UK

Keeping Illegal Fish and Timber off the Market: A Comparison of EU Regulations
01/10/2009
The summary points for this paper are:

* In response to the global problem of illegal logging and fishing, and the failure of the international com ...

Healthier Oceans, Healthier Economies
02/02/2009
This report references recent research showing that subsidies create perverse incentives for continued fishing in the face of declining catches. The r ...
Author: ICTSD / Oceana

Selfish Europe: How the Economic Partnership Agreements Would Further Contribute to the Decline of Fish Stocks and Exacerbate the Food Crisis in Senegal
11/08/2008
This report reveals what it describes as the exploitative practices of European trawlers operating in West African waters, which have major implicatio ...
Author: ActionAid

Stop Illegal Fishing in Southern Africa
02/07/2008
This report looks at the status and impacts of IUU fishing in the southern African region, covering a number of themes and issues including internatio ...
Author: Stop Illegal Fishing

Agreement Establishing a Framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement Between the East African Community Partner States on One Part and the European Community and its Member States on the Other Part
01/04/2008
This agreement established a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community (EAC) states - Burundi, Kenya, R ...
Author: EAC & the EU

Monitoring International Wildlife Trade with Coded Species Data
08/02/2008
An important issue in the trade of illegally harvested fish and other products is the fact that species are often not reported accurately to customs a ...
Author: Conservation Biology, Vol 22 (Gerson et al)

Enmeshed: Australia and Southeast Asia‘s Fisheries
11/12/2007
Southeast Asia‘s oceans are fast running out of fish, putting the livelihoods of up to 100 million people at risk, leading to more illegal incurs ...
Author: Lowry Institute, Australia (Dr Meryl Williams)

CITES ‘Introduction from the Sea‘: a Practical Way Forward
16/11/2007
This paper contains the outcome of a workshop held in August 2007 by TRAFFIC and ANCORS to discuss ways round the problems associated with interpretat ...
Author: TRAFFIC/Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)

NAMA Negotiations at the Current Doha Round of WTO and the Future of the Rules of Origin within the Framework of EU Preferential Trade Agreements with Third Countries: Importance for the EU Fishery Industry
17/07/2007
This is a presentation given at the meeting of the European Parliament International Trade Committee. ANFACO highlighted the EU tuna sector‘s con ...
Author: ANFACO (the Spanish Association of Fish Canning Industries)

Improving Traceability for Fish Products Imported into the EU Markets to Combat IUU Fishing: Issues for ACP Fishing Communities
29/06/2007
This position paper on the use of traceability to combat IUU fishing highlights the importance of monitoring the first link in the chain, the catching ...
Author: CFFA

WWF Positions: CITES CoP14 2007
15/05/2007
This document contains WWF‘s position statements for the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES on 3-15 June 2007. It includes propos ...
Author: WWF

Catching On? Trade-Related Measures as a Fisheries Management Tool
02/03/2007
This report examines how trade-related measures are used by RFMOs to manage fisheries, in particular the use of documentation to authenticate the lega ...
Author: TRAFFIC

Trading Away Our Oceans: Why Trade Liberalization of Fisheries must be Abandoned
18/01/2007
The authors claim this report shows the real and negative conservation and development impacts of trade liberalisation in fish and fishery products. F ...
Author: Greenpeace

CITES Report on the Interpretation and Implementation of the Convention, in Relation to the Control of Trade at Sea
06/10/2006
This is the report of the 54th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, held in October 2006. The report documents workshop discussions on defining an ...
Author: CITES Standing Committee

PASS Contract JF0371: The Potential for DNA-Based Method to be Used for the Detection of Illegal Trade in Fish from IUU
31/08/2006
This report sets out the possibilities for using DNA technologies to monitor IUU fishing and to detect trade routes for fish derived from IUU fishing. ...
Author: Watson Fish Consulting

Trade and Market-Related Instruments to Reinforce Fisheries Management Measures to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices
08/03/2006
Describes the current range of trade and market place-related measures being used by individual states, RFMOs, the fishing industry and NGOs to reinfo ...
Author: University of Rhode Island (Cathy A. Roheim and Jon G. Sutinen)

OECD Workshop on IUU Fishing Activities: Key Observations and Findings by the Workshop Chairs
20/04/2004
The objective of the workshop was to gather information and data on the extent of IUU fishing and identify the economic and social drivers to IUU fish ...
Author: OECD

Regional Fisheries Organisations and the World Trade Organisation: Compatibility or Conflict?
01/01/2003
Assesses the RFO/WTO relationship by identifying the types of trade measures used or potentially used by RFOs; assessing the potential for conflict be ...
Author: TRAFFIC International (Richard G. Tarasofsky)

The European Union Action Plan to Eradicate IUU Fishing: a Greenpeace Critique
01/10/2001
On 28 May 2002, the European Commission presented a proposal for a "Community action plan for the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregula ...
Author: Greenpeace

events

ICTSD Meeting on Fisheries, Trade and Development
16/06/2010
The world’s fisheries are a major global resource, providing food and livelihoods to vast numbers of people. The fishery sector is a cornersto

Nor-Fishing 2008
12/08/2008
Nor-Fishing is a biennial event and is currently regarded as one of the leading international fisheries trade shows. The exhibitors represent shipyard

Preferential Rules of Origin: Civil Society Dialogue
09/10/2007
As part of the "Civil Society Dialogue", the European Commission is organising an ad hoc meeting on preferential rules of origin. See

CITES 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
03/06/2007
Click here for the provisional agenda and working documents for the meeting.

Meeting on Trade and Sustainable Approaches to Fisheries Negotiations under WTO/EPA, 2-4 May 2007
02/05/2007
The objectives of this meeting were:

Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation
16/04/2007
This workshop looked at retail and distribution of fish products, processing, sustainable and responsible harvesting, aquaculture and supply/value cha

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CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

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Species Survival Network
The Species Survival Network (SSN) coordinates the activities of conservation, environmental and animal protection organizations around the world to secure CITES protection for plants and animals affected by international trade.

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news

presentations

The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations and the FAO
01/04/2008

Author:
William Emerson, FAO

Special and Differential Treatment as Proposed by the Chair's Text on the Regulation of Fisheries Subsidies at the WTO
01/04/2008

Author:
Papa Gora Ndiaye, Enda Tiers Monde

Fisheries Subsidies and the WTO
01/04/2008

Author:
Anja von Moltke, UNEP

Tackling the Abalone Syndicates: Can Trade Related Measures and Trade Monitoring Help to Address the Illegal Trade in South African Abalone?
31/03/2008

Author:
Markus Burgener, TRAFFIC

Sustainability and the Demand for Pelagics in West African and Other Markets: a Trading Perspective
31/03/2008

Author:
Andrew How, Andrew Marr International Ltd

International Fisheries Law: Aspects of the Rules of Origin Negotiations in the World Trade Organisation
09/05/2007

Author:
Andrew Serdy, University of Southampton, UK / OceanLaw

profiles

Mary Lack
My work involves the development and analysis of fisheries management arrangements, with particular emphasis on management issues arising in regional ...

Frank Meere
I have particular expertise in analysing and developing practical policy and administrative approaches to tackle IUU fishing and extensive fisheries m ...

Dr. As Tianbao Qin
Law Professor, to teach and research in the fields of environmental and resources law, biodiversity law, international law, etc. ...

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