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As Biden tours Ireland, good to hear the US is a first mover in the fight against overfishing! 🎣
Massive public subsidies to industrial fisheries can be better used to support small-scale fisheries, coastal communities and families impacted by overfishing.
RT @Reuters: US becomes first major fishing nation to ratify subsidies deal -WTO chief https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-becomes-first-major-fishing-nation-ratify-subsidies-deal-wto-chief-2023-04-12/?taid=64366e62671343000110455c&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GraceOSllvn/status/1646089697209319424
Last year we succeeded in securing an EU commitment to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies, despite opposition from Member States.
It is estimated that taxpayers fork out €20bn every year in subsidies that drive overfishing.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X19303677
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GraceOSllvn/status/1646089699398758402