From Harmful Subsidies to Overfishing: Exploring the Roots of Unsustainable Fisheries [Event starts at 1:30pm]

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10/10/2025
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Session with interpretation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies

Why attend

Come learn about key factors underlying overfishing and unsustainable fisheries, including harmful subsidies and how they are being addressed by the WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.

Session Description

This session will explore key factors underlying overfishing and unsustainable fisheries, with a deep dive into harmful subsidies and how they are being addressed by the WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.

Author Duncan Leadbitter will share lessons learned from the IUCN report “Unselective, unsustainable, and unmonitored trawl fisheries?”, fisheries economist Dario Pinello will give a primer on subsides and their impact on fisheries, and policy advocate Megan Jungwiwattanaporn will explain how the newly entered into force WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies can now address harmful subsidies for real world impact.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts ( United States of America )

Speaker

Speaker Megan Jungwiwattanaporn
Megan Jungwiwattanaporn

Officer, Environment, Pew Charitable Trusts