Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels

The document is a joint statement from multiple NGOs calling on the European Parliament to oppose the reintroduction of subsidies for the construction of new fishing vessels, citing the EU's existing ban since 2004 and the goals of the Common Fisheries Policy and UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.

• The signatories request that the European Parliament maintain the ban on subsidies for the construction of new fishing vessels, which has been in place in the EU since 2004, and oppose any attempts to reintroduce such subsidies in the draft report on the "Management of the fishing fleets in the outermost regions".
• The document highlights that United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) calls for the elimination of subsidies that contribute to overfishing by 2020.
• Global fisheries subsidies are estimated at US$30 billion annually, with 60% of these funds directly encouraging illegal, destructive, and unsustainable practices.
• The authors argue that reintroducing construction subsidies, even for small-scale vessels or those in remote areas, would undermine the Common Fisheries Policy's goal to end overfishing and contradict the EU's position in World Trade Organization negotiations regarding over-capacity.

APA

ClientEarth (2017). Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels. https://www.clientearth.org/media/lqypz0jj/joint-ngo-letter-to-meps-on-maintaining-the-ban-on-harmful-subsidies-coll-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels. 2017. https://www.clientearth.org/media/lqypz0jj/joint-ngo-letter-to-meps-on-maintaining-the-ban-on-harmful-subsidies-coll-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2017maintaining, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/lqypz0jj/joint-ngo-letter-to-meps-on-maintaining-the-ban-on-harmful-subsidies-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }