The EU has pledged €1m for the Fisheries Funding Mechanism that forms part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, reports Andy Read. The agreement, reached at the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference at the UN in New…
For UK fishermen used to seeing their livelihoods impacted by annual quota negotiations, new IFCA byelaws or a drop in fish prices due to Covid, arcane international discussions that have dragged on for years, with no probability of a breakthrough,…
The WTO General Council agreed at short notice to postpone the ministerial conference due to start last Tuesday (30 November), where discussion – and possible agreement – on phasing out harmful fisheries subsidies was on the agenda. The decision to…
Anti-pulse alliance questions legality of subsidies An international alliance that is fighting for an EU ban on electric pulse beaming has filed a formal request to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to investigate whether fraud has occurred in relation to…
