OECD Review of Fisheries 2020
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The OECD Review of Fisheries 2020 aims to support policy makers and sector stakeholders in their efforts to deliver sustainable and resilient fisheries that can provide jobs, food, and livelihoods for future generations. The Review updates and analyses the OECD fisheries support estimate (FSE) database, the most comprehensive, detailed, and consistent collection of country level data on governments support to fisheries. It also presents and analyses newly-assembled data on the health of fish stocks; on the management of key stocks of commercial interest; and on the governance of fisheries across OECD countries and emerging economies with large fishing sectors. The report sheds light on how governments are managing fisheries to minimise detrimental impacts on resources and ecosystems, eliminate illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, while increasing the socio-economic benefits from fishing. It suggests priorities for action both at the national level and for the international community.
Also available in: French
Government support to fisheries
This chapter describes government support policies to fisheries: the mix of policies being used, their magnitude, the contexts in which they are applied, and their potential impacts in terms of different policy objectives. It does so using the OECD Fisheries Support Estimate (FSE) database – the most comprehensive, detailed, and consistent collection of country level data on support to fisheries reported by governments – and by building on the OECD’s most recent analysis of the relative impact of different types of support policies. The analysis aims to help countries deliver on their commitments to Sustainable Development Goal 14, which seeks to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development” and calls for reforming support to fisheries such that, at a minimum, it should not compromise the sustainable use of resources. It also seeks to inform World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on fisheries subsidies.
Also available in: French
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