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Fisheries
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How to interpret these labels
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Possible public intervention
Harmful fishing subsidy elimination ($35B/year). Climate-adjusted catch limits. Marine protected area expansion. IUU fishing enforcement.
Institutions to examine
- NOAA
- Regional Fishery Management Councils
- FAO
- WTO (fisheries subsidies)
Institution abbreviations
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Existing frameworks and precedents
- Magnuson-Stevens Act
- WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (2022)
- UN Fish Stocks Agreement
Open policy gap
$35B/year in harmful fishing subsidies. Ocean warming operates outside fisheries management jurisdiction. The External Forcing Impossibility means fisheries management alone cannot solve the problem.
Legislative and policy forums
- Commerce
- Natural Resources
- PECH
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