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Creator:: McIlgorm, Alistair, Bartholomew, Mathew, and Pearman, Alison
Abstract:: At the 2001 WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, World Trade Ministers called for improved disciplines on fisheries subsidies, given the perceived impact of these subsidies in contributing to overfishing, overcapacity and other trade distortions. Subsequent deliberations have sought to determine which fisheries subsidies should be disciplined under the WTO framework....
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: excluded from the definition of a subsidy under Article 1.1 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and

Creator:: Anderson, John and Guillen, Jordi
Abstract:: The 2010 Annual Economic Report (AER) on the European Union (EU) fishing fleet, due for publication in the summer of 2010, will provide the most comprehensive overview to date on the structure and economic performance of the EU Member States fishing fleets. For the first time, the data used to...
Resource Type:: Other

Creator:: Thanh, Thi Duy Pham, Hsiao, Yao-Jen, and Chuang, Ching-Ta
Abstract:: In recent years, WTO constantly focuses on fishery subsidy negotiations, and since the Non-actionable subsidies have been cancelled, fishery subsidies norm is still hard to reach a consensus. Although the WTO president drafted a list of prohibitive subsidies in 2008, they have been implementing widely in most countries, especially the...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Montpellier Proceedings FISHERIES SUBSIDIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS, CASE STUDIES OF FUEL SUBSIDY PROGRAMS

Creator:: Carvalho, Natacha
Abstract:: A major problem affecting world fisheries today is overcapacity of which overfishing is both a cause and a consequence. Subsidies are now widely perceived as an underlying cause of overcapacity, the negative environmental, social and economic effects of which can be masked by increasing support from the government. Subsidies that...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: economic incentives underlying overcapacity. Fuel price support is another type of subsidy reducing the

Creator:: Isaksen, John R., Hermansen, Øystein, and Flaaten, Ola
Abstract:: This paper discusses the persistency of one of today’s major subsidy schemes in Norwegian fisheries: exemption from fuel taxes in the fishing fleet. The reimbursement scheme stems from the late 1980s, and has been persistent since, under different governments. Here we provide the background for this support and discuss it’s...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: discusses the persistency of one of today’s major subsidy schemes in Norwegian fisheries: exemption from

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