The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices...
- WWF Global
- Adria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- AsiaPacific
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Borneo
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caucasus
- Central African Republic
- Central America
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- European Policy Office
- Finland
Better agreements must be negotiated, implemented, monitored
Unbalanced negotiations and perverse subsidies
In addition to being unsustainable, disproportionate benefits accrue to Europe as a result of unbalanced negotiations and perverse subsidies.
A recent EU study found that each euro which is invested in fisheries agreements yields three euros to the European fisheries sector. By reducing the profitability of fisheries agreements for Western African states, the current EU fishing agreements run contrary to the EU development policy to the benefit of the European fisheries industry. And if this was not enough, there is also significant illegal fishing.
Research, surveillance, and local capacity
In order to promote responsible and sustainable fishing, better access agreements must be negotiated, implemented, and monitored.
Research must be strengthened to facilitate stock evaluations and season setting. Surveillance must be strengthened and the abilities of local players to effectively manage their fisheries resources must be strengthened both nationally and regionally.
![Local fishermen hauling in the nets, Senegal.](http://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/img/senegal_hauling_in_the_nets_vanbogaert_300px_348147.jpg)
Aim: equitability and sustainability
WWF's work is designed to help European and African governments and fisheries practitioners to reassess the fisheries agreements, design more equitable and transparent instruments, and strengthen the sustainability of the industry. Its primary goal is to help two countries - Cape Verde and Senegal - to negotiate more equitable and sustainable fisheries agreements with the EU.