Fishery Subsidies

  • WTO Negotiations Could Soon End Exploitative Fishing Subsidies

    WTO Negotiations Could Soon End Exploitative Fishing Subsidies

    Open water fishery crisis is one of the greatest “tragedies of the commons. Although open water fish stocks are a public resource, governments have degraded their value by subsidizing fisheries. According to the World Trade Organization, governments spend between $14 and $54 billion on global fishery subsidies every year. By…