fisheries | fisherfolk
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26-Jun-2008
RP fishers buck EU-ASEAN free trade deal
A group of small-scale fishers in the Philippines is against a free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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17-Jun-2008 GMANews
Group urges Palace to reveal content of RP-US free trade pact
A militant fisher folk group urged Malacañang on Tuesday to disclose the content of the proposed RP-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which it said might be the top agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s state visit to the United States next week.
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20-Apr-2008 Inquirer
Filipino fishers JPEPA’s biggest losers, says leftwing group
If approved, an estimated 200,000 metric tons of tuna would be fished annually by the Japanese in Philippine waters under the agreement. This would amount to $970 million annual loses for the Philippine fisher folk sector.
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4-Apr-2008
Maori divided over free trade deal
Ngai Tahu Seafood, the lucrative fisheries arm of one of the largest Maori tribes, says the Government’s controversial free-trade pact with China is a good deal and will earn the iwi millions of dollars.
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22-Jan-2008 Reuters
EU keen to renegotiate Mauritania fish deal
European Commission experts will head to Mauritania later this week to renegotiate the EU’s most valuable fishing deal with another country. The European Union has signed more than 20 bilateral fishing agreements, nearly all with developing countries and mostly in Africa, that give the EU a substantial extra supply of fish. The deal with Mauritania is the largest and most valuable.
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21-Dec-2007
India’s FTA rush: Kerala’s farmers and fishworkers stand to lose
New FTAs such as the EU-India Trade and Investment Agreement, India-Thailand FTA and the ASEAN-India Regional Trade and Investment Area pose threats to the fishing community in Kerala.
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28-Nov-2007 The Hindu
Consultations held on India-EU trade pact
Fishermen want 40 varieties in the negative list
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27-Nov-2007 AHN
Philippine fisherfolks seek international support against Philippine-Japan trade deal
An alliance of Philippines fishermen is trying to protect itself and Philippine waters from being over fished by huge Japanese factory fishing ships.
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3-Oct-2007 AFP
Philippine Senators ’could reject’ Japan free trade deal
Philippine lawmakers are unlikely to ratify a free trade agreement with Japan in the deal’s present form, the president of the Southeast Asian nation’s Senate said Tuesday.
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1-Oct-2007 The Hindu
State’s favourite fish may escape duty-free import net
Oil sardine and mackerel are likely to escape the list of duty-free import from Europe in the Indo-European Union trade and investment agreement, set to be signed late next year. The exemption is a major victory for fish workers.
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12-Sep-2007 New Kerala
Kerala to pressurise Centre on including fish in FTA
The Kerala government is anxiously watching the move by the European Union to import 40 varieties of fish to India, as part of the proposed Indo-EU bilateral FTA, as it would adversely affect the state’s traditional fishing sector.
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12-Sep-2007 FishUpdate
Iceland moves closer to full trade deal with China
Iceland, one of the world’s largest fish producers, is moving closer to a free trade deal with China, one of the world’s fastest growing consumers of seafood. European fish processors are worried that the price of white fish, salmon and prawns could rise even higher than they are now if China becomes a fish buyer in a big way.
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5-Sep-2007 Reuters
Philippines wants fishing agreement in S. China Sea
The Philippines wants an agreement to allow free fishing in disputed waters of the South China Sea
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31-Aug-2007 ABC
Pacific: Trade officials deeply concerned about European offer
Pacific trade officials and legal experts from 14 Pacific Island nations have just spent 3 days examing Europe’s draft agreement in detail and are deeply concerned about the text (audio)
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24-Aug-2007 UPI
Japan eyes tuna in trade pact with Philippines
What the Japanese government and its transnational fishing clients are really after are the Philippines’ precious tunas.
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14-Aug-2007 Japan Indymedia
Fishy issues in Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is up for ratification by the Philippine Senate. However, there are socio-environmental and equity issues on fisheries trade and investments that demand answers or solutions from policymakers of both countries.
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23-Jul-2007
Fish exporters set conditions for EPAs
With barely five months to go before the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) come into force, it is still unclear whether agreements in the negotiations will be reached.
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28-Jun-2007
South Korea to spend $140 bln for US trade deal
South Korea will spend more than 130 trillion won ($140.3 billion) through 2013 to compensate for losses to farms and fisheries stemming from a free trade deal with the United States, the government said on Thursday.
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13-Jun-2007 Universidad San Juan de la Cruz
Perspectiva sobre el impacto del TLC para el desarrollo marino de Costa Rica
Un análisis de las consecuencias inmediatas del TLC en el campo de los recursos marinos, indica que el 92% del territorio nacional queda a merced de los intereses de las grandes compañías trasnacionales, la cuales -a diferencia de los criollos- tienen el capital para explotar nuestros océanos
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12-Jun-2007 Diario Colatino
Pescadores artesanales piden inclusión en negociaciones con la UE
Los pescadores artesanales de la región centroamericana pidieron ser incluidos como sector, en las negociaciones de un acuerdo de asociación entre Centro América y la Unión Europea (UE)
