The End of the Line? How to save our fish
Target 14.6 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on the WTO for the elimination of subsidies that contribute to overexploitation of fisheries by 2020. Mark Halle explains why this matters, and where we need to go from here.
Target 14.6 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for the elimination of subsidies that contribute to overexploitation of fisheries by 2020, and singles out the World Trade Organization negotiation on fisheries subsidies as central to achieving this.
In this short commentary, Mark Halle explains why this matters, and where we need to go from here.
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