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International trade in fish and fish products is booming. Production is increasing on the back of growing demand across the world. Preservation and transport of produce is becoming cheaper. Lower tariffs have helped, as has the coming in of 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones.

More than half the value of exports is from developing countries of Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDC). ICSF monitors this trade from the perspective of small-scale fishers, analysing international and regional trade regimes, disseminating information about relevant developments to fishworker bodies, civil society and policymakers.

ICSF explains ecolabelling and other forms of certification and their implications for small-scale fishing communities and food security. The aim is enhanced capacity of fisher organizations to deal with trade on an even keel.

ICSF follows negotiations related to fisheries subsidies and other fisheries-related debates at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and follows regional trade agreements, to inform small-scale fishers about their implications for their access to resources and markets.

 

Current Programmes

ICSF continues to monitor and analyze information on developments in international trade and regional trade regimes and to disseminate information about such developments to fishworker organizations, CSOs and policy makers.

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Resources

A Review of the Draft Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (WT/MIN (22)/W/20), 13 June 2022 by ICSF

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International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) A REVIEW OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES (WT/MIN (22)/W/20) 13 June 2022     1. The International Collective in Support of...

Labels or Fables? The Myth of Sustainability: A collection of articles from SAMUDRA Report

Labels or Fables? The Myth of Sustainability examines the costs of certification of global fisheries and how it is allegedly biased towards industrial-scale fisheries. This dossier is a compilation of...

International legal instruments relevant to fisheries and fishing communities: A handbook on trade By Ramya Rajagopalan and Ahana Lakshmi, ICSF, 2006

This section provides information on instruments relevant to fisheries trade. This section also includes decisions on trade and environment that are important for the fishing industry. https://icsf.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/930.ICSF108.pdf

Untangling subsidies, supporting fisheries: The WTO fisheries subsidies debate and developing-country priorities By John Kurien, ICSF, 2006

This paper examines, from the fishery perspective of a developing country, the debate on the role of fisheries subsidies in the context of the negotiations relating to the General Agreement...

Report of workshop on emerging concerns of fishing communities: Issues of labour, trade, gender, disaster preparedness biodiversity and responsible fisheries venue: Fortaleza, Brazil Date: 04-06 July 2006 By ICSF, 2006

The workshop was co-hosted by the NGO Instituto Terramar. The document gives a detailed report of the presentations and discussions transpired in the workshop. The discussions at the workshop as...

Report of the Study on problems and prospects of artisanal fish trade in West Africa By ICSF, 2002

The study focuses on Guinea-Conakry, Senegal,Benin, Togo, Ghana, Gambia and Ivory Coast, which are either important producers or consumers of fish and have significant trade links with one another. The...

Workshop on problems and prospects for developing artisanal fish trade in West Africa By ICSF, 2001

A long-standing demand of the women of fishing communities in the region has been towards enhancing regional fish trade. It is against this background that the Workshop on Problems and...

Smoke in the water: Problems and prospects for developing artisanal fish trade in West Africa Produced by ICSF, 2001

This video provides an overview of the issues involved, and highlights many of the concerns of the actors in the fisheries sector. It also reports briefly on the workshop on...

Ca Fume Sur La Cote (Afrique de l’Quest: un avenir pour le commerce du poisson transforme par le secteur artisanal): French film Produced by ICSF, 2001

This video provides an overview of the issues involved, and highlights many of the concerns of the actors in the fisheries sector. It also reports briefly on the workshop on...

Shell out: The shrimp-turtle dispute at the WTO: Conserving sea turtles and protecting livelihoods (Draft) By Sebastian Mathew, ICSF, 2000

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The shrimp-turtle dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) between the United States and several Asian countries is the first case that involved a Multilateral Environmental Agreement (EU 2001). All...

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World Trade Organization talks on subsidies that contribute to over capacity and overfishing: What’s on the table? by Tristan Irschlinger, 2024

After the historic adoption of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies in 2022, Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are now negotiating new global disciplines to address more broadly the...

Maldives Trade Policy Review (WT/TPR/S/461), dated 18 September 2024

This report, prepared for the fourth Trade Policy Review of Maldives, has been drawn up by the WTO Secretariat on its own responsibility. The Secretariat has, as required by the...

South-South trade in the marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors: Technical cooperation outcome by UNCTAD, 2024

Marine fisheries and aquaculture represent a key source of income, food security, nutrition, and employment in many developing countries, particularly for Least Developing countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States...

Leveraging Global Partnerships to Implement the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies for a Sustainable and Food-secure Future by WTO, 2024

The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies aims to enhance the sustainability of fisheries resources by prohibiting some of the most harmful types of fisheries subsidies. Implementation of the Agreement will...

South-South trade in the marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors: Technical cooperation outcome by UNCTAD, 2024

Marine fisheries and aquaculture represent a key source of income, food security, nutrition, and employment in many developing countries, particularly for Least Developing countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States...

Report of the 19th session of the sub-committee on fish trade, Bergen, Norway, 11–15 September 2023

From 11 to 15 September 2023, in Bergen, Norway, 43 Members of FAO and 19 observers from intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations participated in the 19th Session of the Sub-Committee...

Voluntary guidelines for catch documentation schemes by FAO, 2017

The UN Fisheries Resolution on Sustainable Fisheries of 9 December 2013 expresses concerns over the continued threat to marine habitats and ecosystems represented by Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing,...

Fisheries subsidies chair draft text to ministers as basis for MC13 negotiations, dated 16 February 2024 (WT/MIN(24)/W/10/Add.1)

As Chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, I am today submitting a draft of Additional Provisions on Fisheries Subsidies for the attention of Ministers, in document WT/MIN(24)/W/10. This Addendum...

Marine fish stock status of India, 2022 (Reprint 2023)

The report provides an overall assessment of the fish stock status under the prevalent fisheries management regime in the country, following the FAO’s sustainability indicators criteria based on the MSY...

19th Session Sub-Committee on Fish Trade 2023: Blue Ports Initiative: Recent Progress and the Way Forward

The 34th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) highlighted the significance of inclusive and sustainable ocean economies to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In aquatic food value chains,...

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