WTO Fish Fund to support 17 more members in implementing Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

The WTO Fish Fund will provide grants to an additional 17 developing and least-developed country (LDC) WTO members to help them implement the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, as approved by the WTO Fish Fund Steering Committee at its seventh meeting held on 2 and 3 July. The new grants, totalling nearly USD 2.2 million, were approved under the Fund’s second Call for Proposals, which closed on 8 May.