We are working for fair Fisheries Partnership Agreements for fish resources in developing countries.
Fairer Fisheries Partnership Agreements
WWF's Global Marine Programme is promoting Fisheries Partnership Agreements that:
- respect sustainable fishing levels
- account for environmental costs
- protect local fishers
- include compliance with flag state laws
- are based on best practice fisheries management
- include cooperation on research and monitoring
- ensure adequate monitoring and enforcement capacity
- ensure fairer sharing of economic benefits between producer and extractor nations.
Artisanal pirogue with local fishermen passing Spanish trawler in their fishing grounds. Senegal.
What's the problem?
Many countries – like EU member states, the US, Korea, China, and Japan – sign deals with developing countries to access their fish resources.
If properly designed, these Fisheries Partnership Agreements can be sustainable and provide much-needed revenue for cash-strapped countries.
But more often than not, they result in overfishing and create substantial tension between governments, local fishers' organizations, and industrial groups.
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If properly designed, these Fisheries Partnership Agreements can be sustainable and provide much-needed revenue for cash-strapped countries.
But more often than not, they result in overfishing and create substantial tension between governments, local fishers' organizations, and industrial groups.
Find out more...
