Resources
An Exhausted Ocean
Global artists envision the ocean’s future without intervention.
MC13 Scientists Letter
Read the letter to the WTO signed by over 300 scientists.
Women Making Waves
Meet the women making waves and leading the way to end harmful fisheries subsidies.
“Change makers” event
Private movie screening at WTO 13th Ministerial Conference.
25 reasons to reach a deal
Discover 25 reasons why WTO must end subsidies that drive overfishing.
Flat Finley Around the World
Our mascot is visiting countries around the globe before MC12 to build support for an agreement.
Updates
Stop Funding Overfishing Coalition Delivers Updated Statement to WTO Director-General
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.
A New WTO Agreement to Curb Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
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?
“Stop the Fish Meltdown” on World Ocean Day 2022
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.
Stop Funding Overfishing Coalition Delivers Statement to WTO Director-General
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.
296 Scientists Urge WTO to Act on Fisheries Subsidies
Nearly 300 scientists from six continents have joined together with one voice to urge World Trade Organization members to end harmful fisheries subsidies and protect the ocean’s health.
WTO members pledge to conclude the negotiation before WTO’s Ministerial Conference ASAP
In WTO’s virtual Ministerial Meeting held on 15 July, 104 ministers and heads of delegation confirmed that the negotiating text on the meeting can be used as the basis for finalizing the agreement. WTO members pledged to conclude the negotiation at or before WTO’s Ministerial Conference in early December.
New draft text on the table ahead of WTO’s July ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to host a ministerial meeting on 15 July to review the Chair’s new draft consolidated text and move negotiations on fisheries subsidies closer to a conclusion.
Ocean campaigners in South Korea install ice sculptures calling for an end to harmful fisheries subsidies
Ahead of the WTO’s July ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, environmental activists in Seoul urge leaders to reach an agreement.
WTO ministers to convene in July to consider new draft text on fisheries subsidies
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to host a ministerial meeting with aim of concluding fisheries negotiations
WTO deal to end harmful fisheries subsidies is now 100 days overdue, NGOs report
Stop Funding Overfishing campaign pushes for world leaders to reach an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies as soon as possible
2020 deadline missed
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has confirmed that negotiators will not reach a fisheries subsidies deal by the end of 2020. Although this means that they will miss the SDG target 14.6 deadline to prohibit the subsidies that drive overfishing, the WTO emphasized that members remain committed to this issue, stating that WTO members aim to build on this year’s momentum to finalize an agreement early in 2021.
Stop the Fish Meltdown—say NGOs placing ice sculpture in front of the World Trade Organization headquarters
Over 170 organizations urge world leaders to reach a WTO agreement to stop harmful fisheries subsidies as soon as possible.