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The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency: 40 Years of Successful Regional Cooperation

dc.contributor.authorAqorau, Transform
dc.contributor.authorSokimi (Jnr), William
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T06:19:03Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T06:19:03Z
dc.identifier.issn2205-7404
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/186118
dc.description.abstractThe fortieth anniversary of the Pacific Islands Forum’s most successful initiative went unnoticed by Forum leaders at their meeting in Tuvalu in early August. The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) turned 40 on 8 August, a milestone in regional fisheries cooperation. Fisheries is a standing agenda item at the annual Forum leaders’ meeting, reflecting its economic importance to Pacific Island countries (PICs). The FFA is the focal point for the coordination of fisheries policies, and supported the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)1 until the PNA established a secretariat in 2010. The FFA laid the initial foundations for PICs to exercise their fishing rights, thereby creating the environment that has allowed PNA members to assert their rights through the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) and dramatically increase revenue from their tuna in the past five years. The establishment of the PNA office in 2010 has tested the utility of the FFA, and questions are being asked if it is still an effective forum for the coordination of policies to manage the region’s tropical tuna fisheries.
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dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIn Brief (The Australian National University, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program): 2019/19
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.sourceDepartment of Pacific Affairs in brief series: 2019/19
dc.source.urihttp://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/publications/7298/ib-201919-pacific-islands-forum-fisheries-agency-40-years
dc.titleThe Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency: 40 Years of Successful Regional Cooperation
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paper
dc.date.issued2019
local.publisher.urlhttp://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
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local.identifier.doi10.25911/5dcd1f9022933
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.provenanceThe permission to archive the paper was granted via email, archived in ERMS2253683
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