The May 213 Agritrade Fisheries newsletter is now available at
http://agritrade.cta.int/en/Back-issues/Fisheries-News-update/2013/Fisheries-Newsletter-May-2013
It contains the following commented news:
Market access: Tariff and non-tariff aspects
Namibian fishing sector highlights its concerns regarding the EPA negotiations
WWF joins the call for seafood traceability to fight illegal fishing
Revised MSC royalty fee structure to reduce supply chain costs and promote use of eco-labelling
Concerns about IUU tuna from West Africa entering UK
EU institutions prepare their trilogue on fish products market access conditions
ACPEU fisheries relations; FPAs
Western Sahara slows down EU-Morocco fish talks
Sustainable fishery agreements: strategies for enforcement and compliance
Study examines EU and other tuna fleets’ by-catch and discards in Indian Ocean
Mauritania proposes EU companies to relocate their business in Mauritania
European Parliament fisheries committee approves EUMauritius FPA
NGO recommends West African coastal states to ban transhipments at sea as they fuel illegal fishing
EU Common Fisheries Policy and its implications
European Parliament approves reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
Discard ban adopted by the Fisheries Council of Ministers
WTO and international developments
New international guidelines will help combat IUU fishing
Pescanova, one of biggest world fishing companies, files for insolvency
Interview: Points of view from ACPEU stakeholders
Dialogue is key to the anti-IUU fishing campaign; imposing sanctions would be an admission of failure’: Interview with Cesar Alfonso Deben, European Commission (DG Mare)