No. 39 Trade in fisheries products: fisheries sustainability, fishing capacity, and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing

Year of publication2021

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

Abstracthis policy brief provides an overview of the main fish pillars associated with the current WTO mandate on fisheries subsidies – overfishing and overfished stocks, capacity, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. It also addresses traditional scientific concepts like the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) in determining overfishing, the main FAO instruments associated with capacity and combatting IUU fishing, and the Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) and flag, port, and coastal States.

 

ThemeContemporary Global Issues

Product typeJournal; magazine; bulletin

SeriesTrade Policy Briefs

ISSN2707-2282

Areas of workTrade Policy and Partnerships

Keywordstrade; fishery products; sustainability; sustainable fisheries; fishery management