Meeting on Trade and Sustainable Approaches to Fisheries Negotiations under WTO/EPA, 2-4 May 2007

Objectives of the Meeting:

1. Build awareness on the EPA negotiations on fisheries and consider the emerging issues arising under the fisheries partnership agreements;
2. Build awareness of WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies disciplines 
3. Facilitate dialogue between the relevant stakeholders i.e. officials from the ministries of trade and fisheries and the private sector on emerging fisheries issues under the EPAs and WTO negotiations.
4. Identify technical assistance needs and priorities including, subjects requiring further technical analysis in the area of trade and fisheries.

Documents:

• Draft Annotated Agenda
• Administrative Note
• List of Documents
• Opening Statement

Papers for Session 1: Overview of Fish and Fish Trade in the ESA Region

• Malawi Fisheries Presentation
• Mauritius Paper: Trade and Sustainable Approaches to WTO/EPA Negotiations on Fisheries
• Kenyan Marine fisheries overview
• Uganda Presentation
• Global Fish Trade Overview Presentation
• SADC Regional Fish Supply: Demand and Trade - Presented by Erik Hempel

Presentations for Session 2

• ESA Perspective on Access Fees
• The Law of Subsidies in the WTO and the Fisheries Sector

Papers for Session 3:  ACP-EU EPA Negotiations and Fisheries

• ICSTD Report: Trade Measures to promote sustainable fishining practices
• MRAG Report on ‘Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing’
• Report on ‘EPA Rules of Origin for Fish and Fish Products in ESA’
• Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the ESA region
• EPA Rules of Origin for Fish and Fish Products
• Developing Regional Fisheries Policy in the Pacific ACP Region and Fisheries - Relations with the EU

Papers for Session 4:  Effects of Liberalisation and Trade Related Policies on Fisheries and Measures Required for their Sustainable Development in ESA Region

• Fillets for France, Fisheads for the Phillipines - Presentation by Marc Allain
• EPA Presentation

Presentations for Session 5

• The Impact of EU Commercial Fisheries Policies and Practice on International Trade in Fisheries Products
• Preference Erosion and the Indirect Impacts of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on the Competitiveness of the ACP Tuna Processing Sector