WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies

Ussif Rashid Sumaila; Bryce Donald Stewart

doi:10.1126/science.abm1680

WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies

Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Bryce Donald Stewart

Environment and Geography

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Abstract

Sustainably managed wild fisheries support food and nutritional security, livelihoods, and cultures (1). Harmful fisheries subsidies—government payments that incentivize overcapacity and lead to overfishing—undermine these benefits yet are increasing globally (2). World Trade Organization (WTO) members have a unique opportunity at their ministerial meeting in November to reach an agreement that eliminates harmful subsidies (3). We—a group of scientists spanning 46 countries and 6 continents—urge the WTO to make this commitment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	544
Number of pages	1
Journal	Science
Volume	374
Issue number	6567
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1680
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

There were 297 authors in total. Only the lead and myself have been listed in this entry

Keywords

Fisheries
Subsidies
Overfishing
Fisheries management
Biodiversity
Trade
World Trade Organisation

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