| 英文摘要 |
Initiated in the 2001 WTO Doha Round Negotiations, the fisheries subsidies negotiations with over twenty-year efforts came to a consensus in the extended 12th Ministerial Conference in June, 2022. Adopted was the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement. The core provisions of this Agreement are to prohibit subsidies to illegel, unreported and unregulated fishing as well as subsidies to fishing on overfished stocks. Also included are the considerations for developing country Members including least-developed country Members via the Special and Differential Treatment provisions to provide a transition period and to establish an assistance mechanism. To better implement this Agreement, the enforcement mechanism as well as the dispute settlement mechanism are also provided. Yet, some issues have not been resolved, including to prohibit subsidies that contributed to overcapacity and overfishing. As this Agreement responses to the international fisheries management mechanism to a very limited extent, to reach the environmental sustainability there is still a long way to go. In the short term, for this Agreement to enter into force, two-thirds of Members have to deposit their instruments of acceptance. In the long term, to conclude the further negotiations for the unresolved issues and to adopt the comprehensive disciplines before the deadline set by the Agreement are necessary. Otherwise, the termination provision may make the efforts over the past decades in vain. |
