Exploración de los Posibles Impactos de las Reglas de la OMC Sobre Subsidios a la Pesca: El Caso del Camarón en la Costa Oeste de América Latina

The report analyzes how proposed WTO rules to prohibit subsidies for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overcapacity, and overfishing would affect shrimp fisheries in Latin America. It highlights that fuel subsidies are the most common form of support, primarily benefiting the industrial sector. The document argues that while subsidy reform is crucial for ecological sustainability and economic efficiency, it must be accompanied by broader fisheries management policies and gradual implementation to protect vulnerable communities.

• Shrimp fisheries in the Tropical Eastern Pacific are largely overexploited, with a trend of decreasing total landings as fleets move to new areas and deeper waters to compensate for declining catches.
• Fisheries subsidies in the region, primarily fuel subsidies and support for vessel maintenance, contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, with the industrial sector receiving the majority of these funds.
• The impact of a WTO ban on subsidies for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing would depend on the ability of regional governments to identify and sanction their own national fleets, as IUU activities are common in the region.
• A prohibition of subsidies that includes bycatch of overexploited or unassessed populations would have a significant impact on regional shrimp fisheries because they capture large quantities of juveniles of other commercial species.
• Fuel subsidy removal would likely reduce fishing effort in the Mexican industrial shrimp fishery where subsidies are critical for profitability, but would have less impact on artisanal fishing due to administrative barriers and general profitability.
• Evidence from Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Panama shows that limiting fishing effort, partly by reducing fuel subsidies, has led to the recovery of some populations, including an increase in total catches in Mexico.
• In Costa Rica and Ecuador, industrial shrimp trawling was completely suspended due to negative impacts on bycatch species and economic losses for artisanal fishing and food security.

APA

Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., & Clarke, T. M. (2019). Exploración de los Posibles Impactos de las Reglas de la OMC Sobre Subsidios a la Pesca: El Caso del Camarón en la Costa Oeste de América Latina. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/subsidios-pesca-camaron-america-latina-informe-es.pdf

Chicago

Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., and Tayler M. Clarke. Exploración de los Posibles Impactos de las Reglas de la OMC Sobre Subsidios a la Pesca: El Caso del Camarón en la Costa Oeste de América Latina. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/subsidios-pesca-camaron-america-latina-informe-es.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cisnerosmontemayor2019exploracin, author = {Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M. and Clarke, Tayler M.}, title = {{Exploración de los Posibles Impactos de las Reglas de la OMC Sobre Subsidios a la Pesca: El Caso del Camarón en la Costa Oeste de América Latina}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/subsidios-pesca-camaron-america-latina-informe-es.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }