[OANNES Foro] Overfishing: WTO to discipline overfishing subsidies still unresolved at their meeting last month

[Mario Cabrejos]

Nature
Volume 481, Page 265
Date published 19 January 2012
doi:10.1038/481265c
  Overfishing: Call to split fisheries at home and abroad
  U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

  I agree that "no one should doubt that our seas need protection" (Nature 480, 151; 2011) and that establishing marine protected areas alone will not do the job (Nature 480, 14-15; 2011). A combination of measures is needed, including the elimination of overfishing subsidies. These incentives were introduced when fisheries seemed inexhaustible, but they inflate profitability and drive fishing beyond economic or sustainable levels.
The global community mandated the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discipline overfishing subsidies more than ten years ago, but the issues were still unresolved at their meeting last month. One reason is that WTO negotiators are trying to broker an all-inclusive deal that encompasses domestic and international, small- and large-scale fisheries. But this approach is hindered by national interests.



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