Change is hard. It is especially hard when huge sums of money are involved, when ways of working are entrenched and political interests are strong. But right now, change is necessary in the fisheries sector. Nations must cut the subsidies that drive overfishing, depleting our ocean and creating an uneven playing field, writes Anna Holl-Buhl, WWF Global Lead, WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations. Reforming fisheries subsidies has been a perennial topic at the World Trade Organization for.