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  Fighting against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU): successes from ACP countries

  Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014

  Combatting illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU) has emerged as a regional and national priority in the European Union and the ACP, and is increasingly the subject of collaboration in the context of both EU and ACP relations, and intra-regional or bilateral relations between countries.
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  Trade and environment briefings: sustainable fisheries

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012

  Fish and fishery products represent one of the most extensively traded commodities in the world. This paper shows that the loss of fishing resources poses particular challenges for developing countries which often rely on these resources in their development strategies.
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  Implications of liberalization of fish trade for developing countries

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004

  International trade in fish and fishery products has grown rapidly over the last two decades. However, many developing countries face various problems associated with meeting SPS/TBT compliance, not only in the fishery sector but also in other export sectors.
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  EU Ban, HACCP Compliance and Shrimp Exports from Bangladesh

  2012

  The paper evaluates the impact of the European Union import ban on shrimps from Bangladesh in 1997 and HACCP compliance on Bangladesh’s shrimp exports by using an augmented gravity model. Panel estimation method was applied to capture the import country effect.
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  Small boats, big problems

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008

  This paper argues that small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as big trawlers. While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels.
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  Pacific island countries, the global tuna industry and the international trade regime: a guidebook

  Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), 2007

  This Guidebook outlines the major trade-related elements of the tuna fishing industry in the Western Central Pacific Ocean.
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  Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) (FFA)

  The FFA is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management and development advice and services to member countries.
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  Fisheries, international trade and sustainable development: policy discussion paper

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006

  This policy discussion paper aims to provide an overview of the key linkages, tensions and policy debates on the relationship between fisheries and international trade.