In 2021, Colombian authorities seized a large shipment of illegal shark fins destined for Hong Kong. A company owned by the son of the former head of the Cali Cartel had sent the package to Bogotá.
Championed by conservationists and coastal nations, the plan restricts the use of fish aggregating devices tools that enable massive catches. To much fanfare, it was accepted. Now, the agreement’s future seems bleak.
At the recent IOTC meeting, developing nations bucked E.U. pressure and approved an annual closure period for drifting fish-aggregating devices (dFADs).
Talks aimed at curbing harmful subsidies for fisheries concluded in Geneva in the first multilateral trade agreement the World Trade Organization (WTO) has struck in almost a decade. The body’s Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) was scheduled for June 12–15, but overtime negotiations didn’t conclude until early June 17. It is the first time WTO members […]