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- May 1, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
WTO Fisheries Subsidies Committee Holds Its First Meeting
- The Committee on Fisheries Subsidies met for the first time on 1 May 2026 to monitor implementation of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which entered into force on 15 September 2025[1]
- Members adopted the Committee's rules of procedure, a template for its annotated draft agendas and a decision on electronic notifications, and gave the UN Food and Agriculture Organization permanent observer status[1]
- Chair Ana Laura Lizano of Costa Rica said 12 members had filed their first notifications on the regional fisheries management organisations they belong to[1]
- 119 WTO members had formally accepted the Agreement; Paraguay, Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines deposited theirs on 26 March at the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon[1]
- At MC14 ministers agreed to keep negotiating the outstanding disciplines and report to the 15th Ministerial Conference[2]
- The Committee's next regular meeting was scheduled for the week of 26 October 2026[1]
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- [1]90%wto.org/english/news_e/news26_e/fish_01may26_382_e.htmwto.org· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts May 1, 2026 ✓· 37% of score
The WTO[2][3] says members 'held the first regular meeting of the Committee on Fisheries Subsidies on 1 May 2026'; no time is given.
- [2]80%Fisheries Subsidies - Post-MC14 Briefing note (WTO)wto.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 37% of score
Says ministers at MC14 in Yaoundé agreed to keep negotiating the outstanding 'Fish 2' disciplines with the aim of making recommendations to the 15th Ministerial Conference, under the chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, Ambassador Leslie Ramsammy of Guyana.[1]
- [3]75%Rules Negotiating Group Chair reports on fisheries subsidies negotiations, next steps (WTO)wto.org· Published Jul 8, 2026· 27% of score
Follow-up on the second-phase talks after the Committee's first meeting: three information sessions since MC14 and three 'Fish Weeks' planned by the end of 2026, the first from 21 to 25 September 2026.[1]
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