Miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio: No abandonen la carrera—finalicen las negociaciones sobre las subvenciones a la pesca

The authors call on WTO members to finalize the 'Fish 2' negotiations and ratify 'Fish 1' to combat overfishing. They highlight that current subsidies of USD 22 billion annually drive unsustainable fishing, primarily benefiting industrial fleets, and argue that the upcoming UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) provides a critical opportunity to accelerate these multilateral efforts.

• The WTO's 'Fish 1' agreement establishes global binding rules requiring governments to assess the legality and sustainability of subsidized fishing activities, prohibiting subsidies in cases of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overexploited fish stocks without management measures, and unregulated high-seas fishing.
• As of March 2025, 94 of the 111 members required to ratify the Fish 1 agreement have done so, though two-thirds of the 166 total WTO members must ratify it for the agreement to enter into force.
• Governments provide approximately USD 22 billion annually in subsidies that drive overfishing, with industrial fleets receiving about 80% of the total USD 35 billion in global subsidies, while artisanal or small-scale fishers receive only 19%.
• The proposed 'Fish 2' negotiations aim to establish broader rules to phase out subsidies that create excessive fleet capacity and drive fishing beyond sustainable levels, specifically targeting fuel and vessel construction costs that make otherwise unviable fleets sustainable.
• Distant-water fishing is highlighted as a critical issue; in 2018, five economies—China, South Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei, and the European Union—spent approximately USD 1.5 billion on harmful subsidies for fishing outside their own territories.
• Consensus on the Fish 2 text has been hindered by objections from India, despite a draft text circulating late last year that received broad support.
• The third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France, is identified as a key opportunity to push for the entry into force of Fish 1 and the finalization of Fish 2 to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6, which set a 2020 deadline for these negotiations.

APA

Buhl, A. H., & Jungwiwattanaporn, M. (n.d.). Miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio: No abandonen la carrera—finalicen las negociaciones sobre las subvenciones a la pesca. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/es/articles/policy-analysis/wto-fisheries-subsidies-negotiations

Chicago

Buhl, Anna Holl, and Megan Jungwiwattanaporn. Miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio: No abandonen la carrera—finalicen las negociaciones sobre las subvenciones a la pesca. International Institute for Sustainable Development, n.d. https://www.iisd.org/es/articles/policy-analysis/wto-fisheries-subsidies-negotiations.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{buhlndmiembros, author = {Buhl, Anna Holl and Jungwiwattanaporn, Megan}, title = {{Miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio: No abandonen la carrera—finalicen las negociaciones sobre las subvenciones a la pesca}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/es/articles/policy-analysis/wto-fisheries-subsidies-negotiations}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }