Fisheries
News
WTO Fisheries Subsidies Talks Consider Forced Labor, S&DT
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group and the Africa Group shared a joint proposal to replace special and differential treatment provisions under the overfishing pillar of the Chair’s text. The
Redirecting subsidies for the good of nature
A lot of money is needed to prevent spiralling biodiversity loss; somewhere between US$598 billion and US$824 billion a year
Sustainable Fisheries Versus Harmful Subsidies: Let’s End the War of Attrition
There is only one month left to fine-tune possible agreements for governments to stop funding overfishing
Reports
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment/DIE)
The “Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences” report is a joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). It illustrates how green industrial
Support to fisheries – Levels and impacts (OECD)
For many years there have been concerns that some forms of fisheries subsidies may complicate sustainable fisheries resources management by promoting overcapacity and overfishing. This OECD paper assesses support to
Trade and Environment Review 2016: Fish Trade (UNCTAD)
This UNCTAD report examines issues pertinent to the promotion of sustainable use of living marine resources in healthy oceans and seas, bringing together a collection of independent articles by 24
