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WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies

Sumaila, U. Rashid; Skerritt, Daniel J.; Schuhbauer, Anna; Villasante, Sebastian; Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M.; Sinan, Hussain; Burnside, Duncan; Abdallah, Patrízia Raggi; Abe, Keita; Addo, Kwasi A.; Adelsheim, Julia; Adewumi, Ibukun J.; Adeyemo, Olanike K.; Adger, Neil; Adotey, Joshua; Advani, Sahir; Afrin, Zahidah; Aheto, Denis; Fanzo, Jessica C.

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

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Science
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1680

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International Research Institute for Climate and Society
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February 7, 2024

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