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38 Int'l J. Marine & Coastal L. 161 (2023)
Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

handle is hein.journals/ljmc38 and id is 167 raw text is: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL MARINE AND COASTAL LAW 38 (2023) 161-177 LAW BRILL I NIJHOFF brill.com/estu Current Legal Developments World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Mitchel/Lennan I ORCID: 0000-0003-4744-4496 School of Law, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom mitchell.lennan@abdn.ac.uk Stephanie Switzer I ORCID: 0000-0002-3928-988X Law School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom stephanie.switzer@strath.ac.uk Abstract At the 12th Ministerial Conference in June 2022, Members of the World Trade Organization (wTO) reached a historic Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies that aims to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This article pro- vides the necessary background to the Agreement, tracing briefly the history to the negotiations. After a general overview of the Agreement, three key provisions of the Agreement are examined, namely, the prohibition of subsidies to (1) illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, (2) the fishing of overexploited stocks, and (3) fisheries on the high seas outside the competence of regional fisheries management organisations. The provisions of the Agreement on special and differential treatment in favour of developing and least developed countries, as well as notable procedural and institu- tional features, are also considered. The remaining issues still to be addressed at the WTO are highlighted in the conclusion. © MITCHELL LENNAN AND STEPHANIE SWITZER, 2023 DOI:10.1163/15718085-BJA10116 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.

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