Workshop on Fisheries Trade Impacts, FAO, Rome, 5-6 July 2004. This international workshop on Fisheries Trade Impacts was organized by the Support unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic Research (SIFAR) and hosted by FAO. This topic provides links to various papers, reports and case studies associated with the Workshop, including papers on five trade issues, background papers, and five country case studies. The background papers deal with: Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT); Ethical/Social/Eco Certification, Labelling and Guidelines; The Impact of Subsidies on Trade in Fisheries Products; The Impact of Dumping on Trade in Fisheries Products; and Fiscal Reforms and Trade in Fisheries Products. The case studies cover: Bangladesh; Guinea; India; Uganda and Vietnam. For a synthesis of the entire study including policy recommendations, see: Bostock, T., Greenhalgh, P. and Kleih, U. (2004), Policy Research – Implications of Liberalisation of Fish Trade for Developing Countries – Synthesis Report. Chatham, UK: Natural Resources Institute. ISBN 0 85954 560-1. Copies of the various reports are also available at:
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