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- Sep 15, 202592% CONFIDENCEfrom wto.org
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Enters Into Force
- Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received the instruments of acceptance of Brazil, Kenya, Viet Nam and Tonga, taking acceptances over the two-thirds of WTO members needed for entry into force, and signed the depositary notification[1]
- The Agreement, adopted by consensus at the 12th Ministerial Conference in June 2022, prohibits subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, for fishing overfished stocks and for fishing on the unregulated high seas[1]
- The WTO says 35.5% of global fish stocks were overfished in 2021, against 10% in 1974, and that about USD 22 billion of the estimated USD 35 billion a year in marine fishing subsidies is harmful[1]
- Seventeen members had pledged the equivalent of more than USD 18 million to the WTO Fish Fund, which helps developing and least-developed members implement the rules[1]
- The Agreement entered into force on 15 September 2025; by 1 May 2026, 119 members had accepted it[2][3]
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- [1]90%wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/fish_15sep25_e.htmwto.org· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 15, 2025· 39% of score
The WTO's[2][3] acceptances page states: 'The Agreement entered into force on 15 September 2025 once two-thirds of WTO members had formally accepted the Protocol'; no clock time is given.
- [2]92%Members submitting acceptance of Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (WTO)wto.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 15, 2025 ✓· 39% of score
The WTO's[1][3] own list of acceptances: 'The Agreement entered into force on 15 September 2025 once two-thirds of WTO members had formally accepted the Protocol of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies'.
- [3]80%Members adopt rules of procedure at first Fisheries Subsidies Committee meeting (WTO)wto.org· Published May 1, 2026· 22% of score
Restates that 'The Agreement entered into force on 15 September 2025' and gives the later count of 119 members that have formally accepted it.[1]
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