Trade Policy Options for Sustainable Oceans and Fisheries

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1 Environment 29 September 2016 Bangkok, Thailand E15 Initiative: Oceans and Fisheries Alice Tipping, Programme Manager, Environment and Natural Resources, ICTSD

2 E15 Expert Group on Oceans, Fisheries and the Trade System Theme Leader: U. Rashid SUMAILA, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre Convener: Christophe BELLMANN, ICTSD Jung Hee CHO, Korea Maritime Institute Rupert HOWES, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Dick NYEKO, Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (formerly) Selina STEAD, Newcastle University Frank ASCHE, University of Stavanger Beatrice CRONA, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Audun LEM, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Ángel Alberto RIVERA BENAVIDES, OLDEPESCA Amadou TALL, Consultant Sadeq BIGDELI, Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato Ernesto GODELMAN, CeDePesca Luping LI, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) Cathy ROHEIM, University of Idaho Guillermo VALLES GALMÉS, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Liam CAMPLING, Queen Mary University London Moustapha Kamal GUEYE, International Labour Organization (ILO) Tabitha MALLORY, Princeton University Carl-Christian SCHMIDT, OECD Margaret YOUNG, Melbourne Law School Jim CANNON, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) Milton HAUGHTON, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Shunsuke MANAGI, Tohoku University David SCHORR, World Wildlife Fund-US Group Manager: Alice TIPPING, ICTSD

3 Work Package 1: Market Access Conditions to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing Work Package 2: Disciplining Fisheries Subsidies Work Package 3: Tariff and Non-Tariff Measures Inclusiveness Transparency Policy coherence Capacity building

4 Work Package 1: Market access conditions to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing Build consultative, effective and coordinated unilateral import measures Create a network of regional measures to address IUU fish trade Develop a system of multilateral instruments on trade in IUU fish products Support the expansion of private sector schemes

5 Work Package 2: Disciplining Fisheries Subsidies Develop reliable data on fisheries subsidies Core group of countries adopts fisheries subsidies disciplines Establish multilateral disciplines built stepwise and bottom-up Re-start WTO negotiations based on areas of agreement Align incentives by focusing subsidy negotiations on international fish stocks

6 Work Package 3: Tariffs and Non-tariff measures Differentiate between capture and aquaculture fish in HS tariff codes Support the adaptation of preference-dependent countries Assist low-income fish exporting countries to reach standards Ensure coherence between private standards and the TBT Code on standards Link mutual recognition systems for standards applicable to fish products

7 FLUX and trade policy Reliable data about location, size/type of catch, trans-shipment and first point of sale could help to: monitor subsidy use identify illegal fishing (could verify/support documentation required under CDS and by trade measures used by large markets to reduce imports of IUU fish catch) improve trade statistics (along with capture differentiated from aquaculture). What impact will FLUX have on developing country producers? If they are required to implement it, how will cost barriers be met?

8 Background papers, think pieces and policy options available at: