New study highlights the importance of small-scale fisheries, while FAO continues developing guidelines A new study on Malagasy fishers highlights the global importance of small-scale fisheries by providing a comprehensive assessment of their economic... 28/09/2013
World supply, demand and trade of fish and fishery products An international seminar on fisheries and aquaculture economics held in Spain at the end of July provided information on the changes and developmen... 08/09/2013
Revised MSC royalty fee structure to reduce supply chain costs and promote use of eco-labelling The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is introducing a revised charging system, which will reduce the fee effectively paid by the majority of the cu... 08/05/2013
WWF joins the call for seafood traceability to fight illegal fishing At the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, representatives of private and public organisations, as well as countries such as China, Japan,... 08/05/2013
New international guidelines will help combat IUU fishing After five years of negotiations, international voluntary guidelines for flag state performance, developed through an FAO consultative process, wer... 25/03/2013
Interpol to get involved in fighting IUU fishing? Interpol has announced that it will hold its 1st Interpol International Fisheries Enforcement Conference, followed by a Fisheries Crime Working Gro... 24/02/2013
Executive Brief Update 2012: WTO and other international aspects of ACP–EU fisheries relations About this update This brief was updated in September 2012 to reflect developments since the publication of the first Agritrade brief in July... 29/10/2012
Negotiations on fisheries subsidies: Issue still at stake within the WTO and the EU’s CFP reform An article, ‘Tackling perverse subsidies in agriculture, fisheries and energy’, published by ICTSD in August 2012, underlines that the allocation o... 23/09/2012
Highlights from the 30th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI ) At the 30th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), the Committee endorsed the report of the 13th session of the sub-committee on fish tr... 23/09/2012
EU and Japan sign an agreement to fight IUU fishing A joint statement has been signed between the EU and Japan to cooperate in combating IUU fishing. The European Commissioner highlighted that ‘the E... 09/09/2012