Fisheries Subsidies

Government support aimed at reducing the costs of fuel for fishers is a frequently used policy tool in both OECD and non-OECD economies, despite the negative environmental and socioeconomic consequences associated with these types of measures. Based on the information available in WTO subsidy notifications, WTO trade policy review reports and the OECD’s Fisheries Support Estimate database, this brief suggest that US

(English below) Las pesquerías de camarón en el Pacífico Oriental Tropical son económicamente valiosas, pero han sufrido de sobrecapacidad y de sobrexplotación secuencial. De los subsidios concedidos a estas pesquerías, aquellos al combustible parecen ser los más frecuentes; sin embargo, su impacto varía: los subsidios parecen ser importantes para la rentabilidad de algunas flotas camaroneras, pero no parecen sig

Alice Tipping, who leads the Global Subsidies Initiative’s work on fisheries subsidies, reports on the latest round of negotiations towards an agreement on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Highlights The latest round of negotiations towards a WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 4 to 6, 2019. Members discussed reports from six fac

Members of the World Trade Organization are currently negotiating an agreement on fisheries subsidies that will determine the future of our oceans. The need to reach this multilateral deal is embodied in Sustainable Development Goal 14.6, which calls to prohibit harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing.

Our oceans and fish stocks—and the populations that depend on them—all suffer from the consequences of overfishing. The time has come for concrete actions.