The global deal to curb harmful subsidies has entered into force, marking a new era for ocean sustainability and global trade cooperation

On 12 September 2023, members of the Stop Funding Overfishing coalition delivered an updated statement to World Trade Organization Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

We now have a new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, the first-ever WTO deal with an environmental objective at its very core. It’s a big step forward, but there is even more to do. What made it into the final text, what does it mean, and what comes next?

On World Ocean Day 2022, the Stop Funding Overfishing coalition, representing 182 leading non-governmental organizations, installed an ice sculpture of fish at Place des Nations in support of a WTO agreement to curb a key driver of overfishing: harmful fisheries subsidies. 

As Fish Week begins at the WTO, today, members of the Stop Funding Overfishing coalition delivered a statement to Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calling for a meaningful agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies.

Ahead of the WTO’s July ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, environmental activists in Seoul urge leaders to reach an agreement.

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to host a ministerial meeting with aim of concluding fisheries negotiations