The WTO Fish Fund will provide grants to an additional 17 developing and least-developed country (LDC) WTO members, totalling nearly USD 2.2 million
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The WTO Fish Fund will provide grants to an additional 17 developing and least-developed country (LDC) WTO members, totalling nearly USD 2.2 million.
The approved applications are listed below:
PPG/85
Guatemala
Needs assessment to strengthen fisheries monitoring and information-management systems for the implementation of the AFS.
PPG/90
Timor-Leste
Assessment of needs to facilitate Timor-Leste's implementation of the AFS.
PPG/91
Chile
Diagnostic study and roadmap to strengthen regulatory compliance in national fisheries through a compliance-management model in Sernapesca.
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PPG/92
Benin
Assessment of the marine fisheries management system for the implementation of the AFS.
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PPG/98
Pakistan
Pakistan Fisheries Subsidies Agreement implementation readiness and value-chain needs assessment.
PPG/112
Ukraine
Assessment of the status of aquatic biological resources using hydroacoustic equipment in coastal areas of the Ukrainian zone of the Black Sea.
PG/40
Fiji
Development of a National Fisheries Subsidies Compliance Tracker mapping Fiji's subsidies to the AFS (Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8) and supporting ongoing compliance.
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PG/51
Albania
ANCHOR: Advancing Notification, Compliance and Stock Rebuilding for the Implementation of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies in Albania.
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The approved applications with recommendations are listed below:
- PPG/70 Peru: "Study to identify needs and prepare a proposal to improve Peru's biological monitoring of artisanal fisheries."
- PPG/103 Togo: "Initial assessment of the state of exploited fisheries in Togo."
- PPG/105 St. Vincent: "Needs assessment and capacity-building support for strengthening compliance and fisheries management in the implementation of the AFS."
- PPG/111 Samoa: "Assessment of needs to facilitate Samoa's implementation of the AFS and identification of institutional and capacity-building needs."
- PPG/119 Barbados: "Needs assessment and capacity-building support for the implementation of the AFS in Barbados."
- PG/17 Côte d'Ivoire: "Development of models and data-collection tools for marine stock assessment in Côte d'Ivoire."
- PG/50 Costa Rica: "Enhance data collection, data management and fisheries-management systems to support the implementation of Articles 4 and 8 of the AFS in Costa Rica."
- PG/52 Türkiye: "Modernization of the Fisheries Information System (SUBİS) and enhancement of analytical capacity to support Türkiye's obligations under the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies."
- PG/58 Cabo Verde: "Strengthening fisheries data collection and stock assessment for the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies in Cabo Verde."
