Fisheries issues in WTO and ACP-EU trade negotiations / edited by Roman Grynberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grynberg, Roman.

Series:

Economic paper (Commonwealth Secretariat) ; 56.

Economic paper / Commonwealth Secretariat ; 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Economic aspects.

Fisheries.

Physical Description:

viii, 91 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Commonwealth Secretariat, [2003]

Summary:

The 2002 European Union announcement of proposed reduction in fish catches in community waters has created a widespread perception of the considerable risk to future fish stock depletion in ACP waters. This in turn has led to increased, and at times, acrimonious debate concerning the future of relations between the ACP and the EU. The papers in this volume were commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat and presented at a joint Commonwealth Secretariat and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (ACP) meeting of African, Caribbean and Pacific Fisheries and Trade experts held in Brussels in April 2003. They are aimed at preparing the ACP countries for Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations scheduled for September 2003 where the future of European Union-ACP relations in the area of fisheries will be discussed.

The first paper contributes to the understanding of the complex and interdependent EU-ACP fisheries relationship. The second paper outlines the key components of a possible fisheries framework agreement between the ACP and EU. The final paper looks at the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations and the impact this will have on marine product exporting developing countries and to EU-ACP relations. These papers play an important role in preparing the ground for an appropriate and harmonious framework between the organisations involved while adding considerably to an understanding of the complexities of the negotiations underway.

Contents:

I The Future of European Union-ACP Fisheries Relations / Beatrice Gorez, Brian O'Riordan 1

1.2 Overview of the Common Fisheries Policy 4

1.3 Background to the CFP Review 4

2 The Failure of European Fishing Policy 6

2.1 The Context of European Union Fisheries 6

2.2 The Structure of the CFP 6

2.3 The Failure of the CFP Model 7

3 The Shaping of Europe's Revised Fishing Policy 9

3.1 The First Decisions 9

The Conservation Policy 9

Structural Policy: Vessel Scrapping Measures 11

Structural Policy: Vessel Transfers 11

4 Positions of EU Member States on CFP Reform 14

4.1 The Enlargement States 15

5 Current Status of EU-ACP Fisheries Relations 16

5.1 EU Fishery Interventions in ACP States under the CFP 16

EU Bilateral Fisheries Agreements 17

Shortcomings of Current EU-ACP Fisheries Agreements 28

The Case of Seychelles

A Tuna Agreement 29

Subsidised Vessel Transfers 31

The Case of Mozambique 32

5.2 EU-ACP Co-operation in the Fisheries Sector 32

5.3 The Cotonou Agreement and Fisheries 33

6 Elements of New EU-ACP Fisheries Relations 35

6.1 From Fisheries Agreements to Fisheries Partnership Agreements 35

Resource Management 37

Monitoring/Control/Surveillance 38

Optimising Post-harvest Arrangements 38

6.2 Fisheries and Poverty Reduction: An Alternative Framework for FPAs 39

6.3 EU Action Plan against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing 40

7 WTO Fishery Subsidy Negotiations: Implications for EU-ACP Relations 42

7.1 What Constitutes a Subsidy? 42

7.2 How Far Will the Negotiations Go? 44

7.3 Which Fisheries Subsidies Currently Affect EU-ACP Relations? 45

7.4 What Impact Will WTO Negotiations Have on EU-ACP Relations? 45

8 Strengthening the Capacity of ACP Countries to Satisfy Health Conditions for Fishery Products 47

8.1 Increasingly Stringent Food Quality and Safety Standards 47

8.2 EU Quality Standards: A Constraint to Local Value-adding Industries 48

8.3 An EU Programme to Support Compliance with its Hygiene Standards 49

II WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Implications for Fisheries Access Arrangements and Sustainable Management / Roman Grynberg 59

2 Existing Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence on Subsidies 62

3 Existing WTO Rules on Subsidies 64

4 The Post-Doha Fisheries Negotiations and the Concerns of Small Developing Coastal States 67

4.1 The Negotiations 67

4.2 The Concerns of Small Vulnerable Coastal States 70

5 Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines

the Case of Pacific ACP Fisheries Access Arrangements 73

5.1 Fisheries Access Arrangements with the USA 73

5.2 EU Fisheries Partnership Agreements 74

5.3 Japan, Korea and Taiwan 75

5.4 Revenue Estimates from Pacific ACP Access Arrangements 77

6 Implications of WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies 81

III Elements of an ACP-EU Framework Agreement on Fisheries Partnerships / Roman Grynberg 83

2 Basic Principles 87

3 Fisheries Management and Conservation Issues 88

4 Financial and Trade Measures 89

5 Vessel Management and Post-harvest Arrangements 91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0850927595

OCLC:

53107967