Peru deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 19th July, bolstering the ranks of leading marine fishing producers that have affirmed support for the historic…
WTO members were able to advance work on the second wave of fisheries subsidies negotiations during the second of a series of Fish Weeks. The chair of the negotiations, Ambassador…
After two decades of dialogue, trade ministers from 164 countries last week struck a last-minute deal on fisheries subsidies. Despite blocking measures by India, which threatened to derail the multilateral…
Ten of the world’s largest seafood companies, grouped together as SeaBOS, have stated that harmful subsidies that they see as a barrier to sustainable industry transformation should be phased out.…
World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the fisheries subsidies negotiations chair, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, have urged WTO members to prepare to make tough calls, paving the way…
European fishing industry body Europêche is giving its full support to an ambitious multilateral agreement with the aim of abolishing damaging fishery subsidies – stating that public aid needs to…