WTO framework for international market access in fisheries and aquaculture Delegates from 11 countries participated in a joint workshop organised by FAO and Info-SAMAK, on a ‘WTO framework for international market access i... 11/10/2014
Emerging issues regarding the assessment and management of seafood safety and quality FAO has published a new technical paper on current practices and emerging issues in seafood safety and quality, including the changing regulatory f... 03/10/2014
Call on the EU to ban subsidies for high seas fishing The Global Ocean Commission (GOC), an initiative composed of 17 government and business leaders, called for an international governance system for... 07/09/2014
Tackling IUU through trade policy: The EU’s experience The European Commission (DG Mare) has recently published an overview of the state of implementation of the EU IUU regulation by member states, the... 07/09/2014
Improvements are needed for the EU IUU regulation, says new study A study entitled ‘Traceability, Legal Provenance & the EU IUU Regulation’, supported by the Stop Illegal Fishing Program and recently made publ... 07/09/2014
Developments in EU canned tuna market Two recent publications, the FFA Globefish market report and Trade and Industry News, in its special feature on the Infofish tuna conference 2014,... 06/09/2014
Discard ban implementation raises increasing criticisms A recent study in the scientific magazine Nature highlights that, on its own, the elimination of discards – a key measure agreed in the new EU Comm... 21/07/2014
FAO adopts international guidelines for sustainable small-scale fisheries The 31st session of the Fisheries Committee (COFI 31) of the FAO was held 9–13 June 2014 in Rome. Prior to COFI 31, the FAO published the 2014 edit... 04/07/2014
An international conference analyses the external dimension of the reformed CFP A recent report on the 2-day international conference held at the end of January 2014 in Stockholm discussed the implications of the CFP external d... 22/06/2014
Third-country flagged, Spanish-owned tuna vessels to abide by CFP standards for control The Spanish government and the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA) on behalf of Spanish tuna fishing associations (ANABAC and OPAGAC) have si... 15/06/2014