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Headline	Author	Published	Section
More on the fishing subsidies problem There's a large human cost to subsidizing European fishing fleets in West Africa	Andrew Sharpless	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Today's front page New York Times story -- 'Europe Takes Africa's Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow' -- chronicles the human cost of overfishing. Fueled by billions in government subsidies, European fleets empty out West African waters, leaving nothing for subsistence fishermen. I wrote about this in an earlier post, but it's an important enough issue to warrant reiteration. Wasteful subsidies promote mismanagement on both the European and African sid ...
Topics: Africa, fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

A proposal in the making New developments in WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations	Andrew Sharpless	10 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Some new ideas by Brazil and Argentina during the Doha round negotiations at the World Trade Organization have left me feeling rather optimistic about the ability of the WTO to actually help address one of the world's biggest environmental problems: global overfishing. Their proposal is a real attempt by developing countries in the ongoing negotiations about fisheries subsidies to establish some rules to prevent countries from subsidizing their fishing sector w ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

It's time to cut the bait Too many boats are fishing for too few fish	Andrew Sharpless	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Here's a remarkable fact: Global fishery collapse is financed with tax money. You already know that many nations are failing to enforce the laws that are essential to keeping our oceans healthy and abundant forever. Instead, they are presiding over a global ocean collapse. According to a report in Science, 29 percent of the world's commercial fisheries have already collapsed. This is terrible news for the billion people who turn to the ocean for protein, th ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

But don't take my word for it ... Top scientists appeal to WTO	Andrew Sharpless	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The other day I told you how there's a good chance we could see an end to commercial overfishing subsidies through WTO negotiations. And my organization is not alone in making the case to the World Trade Organization. At least 125 scientists from 27 countries feel the same way and sent a letter to the WTO making it clear that 'an ambitious outcome in the ongoing WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations is vital to the future of the world's fisheries.'The scientists who ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Fishing subsidies stink WTO talks could end fishing subsidies	Andrew Sharpless	30 May 2007	Gristmill
Most ocean conservationists are on pins and needles in anticipation of the results of this week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. But I'm also thinking about another three-letter acronym and how much good may be coming out of it. W-T-O. That's right, the World Trade Organization. In Geneva (and at the current Doha round) there's serious talk of cutting government subsidies for commercial fishing -- the fundamental driver for the unsustainable expl ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans (all these topics)

Roller Curby High seas of South Pacific protected from bottom trawling		07 May 2007	Daily Grist
Roller Curby High seas of South Pacific protected from bottom trawling A landmark agreement between 21 countries will restrict the controversial practice of bottom-trawling in the high seas of the South Pacific. The deal, which takes effect in September, affects a quarter of the world's oceans, and is the first step toward implementing a U.N. resolution on bottom-trawling from December. "It ...
Topics: agriculture, fishing, international politics, news, oceans (all these topics)

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