The Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies among members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) aims to eliminate those subsidies that lead to overfished stocks (see Nature 641, 821; 2025). It has been accepted by 108 member states and will hopefully enter into force this year, pending acceptance by three more members. But it risks failure without investment in the science that underlies it.
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Source: Ecology - nature.com