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Leveraging service providers to improve distant-water fisheries governance

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By Daniel Skerritt, Devanshi Kasana, Dana Miller, Gohar Petrossian, Liam Campling, U. Rashid Sumaila, Jillian Acker
| Nature Verified
Abstract Distant-water fishing (DWF) fleets pose unique governance challenges, often evading accountability across jurisdictions. They rely on extensive networks of actors that support their operations and are comparatively fixed in geography and jurisdiction. Targeting these service providers offers underutilised policy opportunities to counter multi-jurisdictional strategies.
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Roundtable: What next for fisheries subsidies?

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By Megan Jungwiwattanaporn, Tristan Irschlinger, Daniel Skerritt, Andrea Michelson
| Eco-Business Verified
The entry into force of the agreement will have significant implications for China’s fisheries, particularly in enhancing the transparency of the nation’s subsidy policies. The government has gained considerable experience in reforming fisheries subsidies in recent years. In 2021, it announced the abolition of fuel subsidies for fishing vessels. Instead, a new system was introduced in which only vessels that comply with certain conservation regulations can receive subsidies.
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What the WTO's deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve

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By Daniel Skerritt, Rashid Sumaila, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
After nearly 25 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally has its first legally binding agreement to tackle government fisheries subsidies. After two-thirds of WTO members ratified the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, the deal has entered into force. It marks a long-overdue step toward addressing the role harmful fisheries subsidies play in overfishing.
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