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FFA Fisheries Trade News, May 2009
01/05/2009
This issue includes articles on the external dimensions of the EU's proposed Common Fisheries Policy reform and on the opportunities, challenges ...
FFA Fisheries Trade News, Mar-Apr 2009
01/04/2009
This briefing includes information on a new note on EC support to developing countries for the implementation of the EU IUU Regulation, due to come in ...
FFA Fisheries Trade News, Nov-Dec 2008
01/12/2008
This briefing includes an industry perspective on the EU IUU fishing regulation, which will come into effect on 1 January 2010. ...
FFA Fisheries Trade News, Oct 2008
01/10/2008
This briefing includes a report on the EU Regulation establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing, which will apply fro ...
FFA Fisheries Trade Briefing, Vol 1, Issue 5: Negotiations on Rules for Fisheries Subsidies at the WTO
01/04/2008
This FFA briefing is written in the context of the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies and seeks to answer those who believe that subsidies should ...
Addressing Corruption in Pacific Island Fisheries
01/01/2008
This paper examines fisheries corruption in the Pacific Islands in three specific areas: licensing, access negotiations and monitoring and enforcement ...
Plundering the Pacific
23/10/2006
Greenpeace and fisheries authorities from Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Kiribati undertook, over the course of seven weeks, joint surveilla ...
Nauru Agreement
11/02/1982
The parties to this treaty agree to coordinate and harmonise the management of fisheries with regard to common stocks within respective fisheries zone ...
Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC)
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Forum Fisheries Agency (Pacific Islands)
The FFA is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management and development advice and services to member countries. FFA was formed 26 years ago under an international convention and is based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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SPC Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Programme Digital Library
SPC (the Secretariat of the Pacific Community) has collated a digital library comprising 6,532 fisheries and aquaculture-related documents, in French and in English. It includes newsletters, information bulletins, meeting papers, technical reports, field reports, posters, technical manuals and handbooks, and bibliographies.
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29/03/2011
Coast Guard helps Palau seize illegal fishing boats
14/03/2011
DEVFISH II project of EU funded $10 million USD
22/02/2011
US extending eye on Pacific to help cut illegal fishing
03/01/2011
Sharks find sanctuary in tiny Palau
14/06/2010
Surveillance operation deters IUU fishing
13/05/2010
We say: PNA's closure of high seas a coup
23/04/2010
Pacific countries aim to extend high seas' tuna fishing ban
07/04/2010
Coast Guard cracks down on illegal fishing
09/02/2010
Poachers' fear keeps number low
20/01/2010
Two Chinese men face illegal fishing charges in Samoa
03/01/2010
Taiwanese fishing vessel seized near CNMI for illegal fishing
01/12/2009
Illegal fishing of Guam's tuna gets more difficult
30/11/2009
Fish fight crucial to survival of islanders
12/11/2009
Tragic fallout of tuna fishing
28/10/2009
Fisheries top meeting here
01/10/2009
Kiribati fines ship $1M for illegal fishing
25/09/2009
Palau pioneers 'shark sanctuary'
27/08/2009
Biggest Pacific maritime surveillance operation finds less illegal fishing
24/08/2009
Operation Kurukuru detects illegal activities
21/08/2009
Some Pacific Tuna stocks are critically low
04/08/2009
French Polynesian court fines Venezuelan vessel for illegal fishing
01/07/2009
Officers focus on illegal fishing
01/07/2009
Fleet cuts, quotas the buzz at tuna meet
23/06/2009
Dynamite fishing intensifies
15/06/2009
Pacific fisheries officials discuss Tuna Commission protection measures
08/06/2009
High cost of ignoring the ocean
07/06/2009
Alarmingly, a record catch
16/05/2009
Illegal fishing, climate change real threats
13/05/2009
Regional heads stand up against pirate fishing
27/04/2009
Greenpeace launches tuna guidelines
13/04/2009
Cook Islands PM says his country struggles to monitor illegal fishing
04/04/2009
Experts discuss illegal fishing
02/02/2009
Shots fired as Taiwan boat evades Micronesia police
15/12/2008
Saving our fish stocks
15/12/2008
Fishermen pay $500,000 penalty for illegal fishing in Tongan waters
12/12/2008
Tuna Commission agrees to preserve Bigeye and Yellowfin tuna stocks in Pacific
05/12/2008
Hot issues on table at tuna meet: Bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishing to be reduced
29/11/2008
Taiwan, Cook Islands cooperating on uncovering illegal fishing activities
25/11/2008
NZ Orion find sparks Tonga-Taiwan fight
08/10/2008
'Pirates' left off the hook: Greenpeace
08/10/2008
Forum keen to curb distant fishing nations to save tuna stocks
17/09/2008
EU to help to Pacific nations
16/09/2008
Police catch, detain boats - Japanese fishing vessels held here
15/09/2008
'Operation Kurukuru 08'- Biggest in the Region
21/08/2008
Three vessels caught fishing illegally in NMI's EEZ
25/07/2008
Samoa first FFA nation to plan fisheries legislation modernization
08/07/2008
Global fish catches vastly underestimated
01/07/2008
Kiribati signs regional tuna fisheries accord
16/06/2008
Pacific nations ban tuna boats to stop stock collapse
15/06/2008
Battle for the oceans
14/06/2008
Ana joins fight for tuna stocks
13/06/2008
Greenpeace urges retailers to implement Pacific marine reserves
12/06/2008
No fishing zones created in South Pacific
06/06/2008
Sea horse, snake, turtle to defend marine reserves
02/06/2008
Greenpeace targets Korean DongWon tuna catcher
30/05/2008
Tuna fishing ban for South Pacific zones
28/05/2008
Greenpeace protests against Spanish tuna ship
27/05/2008
No time to procrastinate
23/05/2008
Palau appeals for unity during fisheries meet
20/05/2008
FFA chiefs warning on Pacific fisheries management
11/05/2008
How non-compliance hurts
09/05/2008
Greenpeace exposes "tuna pirate" on the high seas
28/04/2008
Two arrested for illegal fishing
28/04/2008
Greenpeace declares war on illegal tuna fishery
26/04/2008
Lisa heads for Pacific to save tuna
22/04/2008
Activists tackle tuna fishers in Pacific
21/04/2008
Greenpeace activists paint stern of US fishing vessel
20/04/2008
Time's running out for tuna (updated)
17/04/2008
Greenpeace takes action to end overfishing of Pacific tuna
17/04/2008
North Shore residents spring into action to protect marine life refuge
15/04/2008
Palau proposes tuna fishing ban for foreign vessels
10/04/2008
Coast Guard Rear Admiral official visit cements sea rider agreement
13/03/2008
PNA reiterates importance of VSA
12/03/2008
NZ Air Force on a fisheries mission to Samoa
10/03/2008
Unregulated fishing rife in Fiji and the Pacific because of lack of monitoring
06/03/2008
Court imposes $2,000 bail on 2 arrested for illegal fishing
05/03/2008
2 arrested for illegal fishing at Grotto
29/02/2008
RP fishing vessel seized in Palau
29/02/2008
Pacific people to name world's first international marine reserves
27/02/2008
Marine police seize illegal Philippines fishing boat
19/02/2008
Long liners caught in FSM law enforcement net
15/02/2008
Kiribati creates world's largest marine reserve
05/02/2008
Hearing for impounded Taiwanese fishing vessel to begin next month
05/02/2008
High seas drama - Pacific islands question need for Tuna Commission
29/01/2008
Turf war hurting fisheries: report
18/01/2008
Fisheries industry threatened
23/12/2007
Suspicious longliner, tuna loaded under arrest in Montevideo
13/12/2007
Tuna Commission stalemate hurting Pacific, official warns
12/12/2007
Exercise Sea Guardian joins US, Aussie forces
12/12/2007
Distant nations block tuna conservation measures
07/12/2007
Governor Chokai refutes alleged interview on illegal fishing in Kayangel
07/12/2007
Former judge suggests creation of Pacific regional court
07/12/2007
Greenpeace calls for retailer responsibility after tuna commission "fails" to protect
06/12/2007
Greenpeace praised Tuna Commission for blacklisting boats fishing illegally
06/12/2007
Venezuelan vessels blacklisted for illegal fishing
05/12/2007
Oceana publishes damning shark report
04/12/2007
Pirate boats targeting NZs swordfish
03/12/2007
Fears mount for worlds last great tuna fishery
03/12/2007
Interview: Andrew Wright, Executive Director, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
25/11/2007
Boat people arrive on Christmas Island
24/11/2007
$185k plea agreement largest shark fin penalty in Palau history
21/11/2007
Concerns over 9 Ecuadorian vessels entering the WCPO
11/11/2007
Updated: Philippines Cavite blast
04/11/2007
Views from Auckland: a patchy conservation record
03/11/2007
"The Rules of Origin Laundromat"?
26/10/2007
Fears Pacific tuna stocks in trouble
26/10/2007
Pacific tuna: turning the tide
17/10/2007
Australia helps protect fish stocks in Pacific
14/10/2007
Pacific, lungs of the earth
11/10/2007
French naval boat spent three days in Tonga
02/10/2007
Captain arrested again for shark fins aboard boat
28/09/2007
Taiwanese illegal fishermen caught
28/09/2007
Tuna in trouble from overfishing
26/09/2007
Greenpeace warns retailers over "stolen" tuna
25/09/2007
French Navy ship on Pacific surveillance mission
16/09/2007
Raid in Palau finds Taiwanese fishing company with huge haul of illegal shark fins
03/09/2007
Operation Kurukuru 2007 successful report presented to Government
25/08/2007
Pacific must stand strong on cutting fishing
24/08/2007
Palau charges Taiwanese over illegal shark fishing
20/08/2007
Palau nets Taiwan tuna fishing boat with 650 illegal shark fins
09/08/2007
Navy to work with US Coastguard to protect fisheries
26/06/2007
Ban vs longline vessels in NMI waters pushed
09/06/2007
Putting power in the hands of Pacific nations
08/06/2007
Wake up! Dont take your oceans for granted
01/06/2007
Greenpeace calls for cut in tuna catch to sustain fisheries
30/05/2007
Keeping Pacific tuna stocks from overexploitation
30/05/2007
Alarming increase in illegal fishing in Pacific
18/05/2007
Canning the Pacific
05/05/2007
Nations seek end to trawling seas
01/05/2007
Greenpeace calls on governments meeting in Chile to protect the high seas
25/04/2007
Workshop focuses on tuna stocks
18/04/2007
US navy registers increase in illegal fishing
08/04/2007
Big bucks to eat rare reef fish
04/04/2007
Illegal fishing a profitable venture
30/03/2007
Air Force completes successful Pacific surviellance
04/03/2007
Call to action on illegal fishing in the Pacific
01/03/2007
Pacific nations seek more New Zealand help to protect fisheries
27/01/2007
Tuna conference adopts action plan
04/01/2007
Cook Islands fines illegal fisherman
21/09/2006
Greenpeace and FSM Government challenge illegal fishing in the Pacific
21/09/2006
Greenpeace and FSM Government challenge illegal fishing in the Pacific
24/08/2006
Surveillance assistance provided to island nations
26/05/2006
Pacific Islands Forum calls for action on IUU fishing: Solomon Islands
27/03/2006
May review of Fish Stocks Agreement to stress participation, implementation in order to reverse decline of fish stocks