On 17 June, the Europêche association welcomed the historic agreement between the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on fisheries subsidies.
“Despite India’s blocking pressures, which threatened to derail the multilateral agreement, WTO managed to sign a historic treaty to curb harmful fisheries subsidies”, according to Europêche. The organisation welcomes the introduction of fishing disciplines at global level, as was done in the EU in the early 2000s. The sector...