Title: Fisheries issues in WTO and ACP-EU trade negotiations /
Authors: Grynberg, Roman.
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Fish trade.; Fisheries Economic aspects; Commercial policy
Abstract: Three papers presented at a meeting of African, Caribbean and Pacific Fisheries and Trade experts in April 2003. The meeting's primary concerns were the future of relations between the ACP and the EU, and preparing ACP countries for Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations. The first paper, 'The Future of European UnionACP Fisheries Relations', looks at the increasingly complex ACP/EU relationship. The second, 'WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Implications for Fisheries Access Arrangements and Sustainable Management', outlines a possible fisheries framework agreement. The third paper, 'Elements of an ACPEU Framework Agreement on Fisheries Arrangements', looks at the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations, considers the impact they will have on developing countries and suggests riskmitigation strategies.
Contents: Foreword -- The Future of European Union-ACP Countries Fisheries Relations: Introduction -- The Failure of European Fishing Policy -- The Shaping of Europe's Revised Fishing Policy -- Positions of EU Member States on CFP Reform -- Current Status of EU-ACP Fisheries Relations -- Elements of New EU-ACP Fisheries Relations -- WTO Fishery Subsidy Negotiations: Implications for EU-ACP Relations -- Strengthening the Capacity of ACP Countries to Satisfy Health Conditions for Fishery Products -- Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Implications for Fisheries Access Arrangements and Sustainable Management: Introduction -- Existing Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence on Subsidies -- Existing WTO Rules on Subsidies -- The Post-Doha Fisheries Negotiations and the Concerns of Small Developing Coastal States -- Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines -- The Case of Pacific ACP Fisheries Access Arrangements -- Implications of WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies -- Elements of an ACP-EU Framework Agreement on Fisheries Partnerships: Introduction -- Basic Principles -- Fisheries Management and Conservation Issues -- Financial and Trade Measures -- Vessel Management and Post-harvest Arrangements.