China, the United States and South Korea devote the most money to subsidising fishing, according to a report published on Wednesday 11 January by the European Commission.
In each of these three countries, over 95% of the subsidies go to the catching sub-sector, the report says. It seeks to provide a review of the level of public aid granted by the EU’s largest competitors in fishing: Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, Taiwan and the United States.
The EU submitted a proposal to the World...