It's official! Today the #WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies entered into force. This is a major milestone towards realizing a more sustainable ocean and #StopFundingOverfishing
🐟 Get ready for a historic achievement!
On 15 September, WTO members will mark the entry into force of the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies, the first WTO multilateral agreement with environmental sustainability at its core.
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✍️ After the wave of ratifications at #UNOC3, your message is more important than ever. We need 60 ratifications for the Treaty to enter into force.
➡️ Take action! Call on your country leader to ratify now: https://t.co/X6KBrC0JU2
🐟 Only 5 more ratifications to go!
The @WTO deal to #StopFundingOverfishing is closer to the finish line than ever. Once it enters into force, it will help protect fish populations, support coastal communities, and stop harmful subsidies fueling overfishing.
Ghana 🇬🇭 is the latest to ratify the historic @WTO deal that will curb the $22 billion a year in #FisheriesSubsidies that drive overfishing.
Here's why the agreement is such a big deal: https://t.co/RI2eEo097V
🐟 The WTO Fish Fund has launched its call for proposals!
Developing economies and least-developed countries that have ratified the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies can now apply for project grants to support its implementation.
🗓️ Apply by 9 September: https://t.co/pqNQMa9yu5
🐟 Down to the final 10!
The @WTO deal to curb harmful fisheries subsidies is closer than ever. Nicaragua just ratified—who’s next?
Let’s get this done before #UNOC! https://t.co/PrzLtLQ4Rk
Moldova is the 96th WTO member to have ratified the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies! Only 15 remaining ratifications for the Agreement to enter into force. 🐟 https://t.co/ItPADbcqrP #WTOFishCount
#ICYMI On 3 April, Antigua and Barbuda formally accepted the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies, making it the 95th WTO member to do so. 16 more ratifications to go! More: https://t.co/jCc8RFiKzX #WTOFishCount
Chinese Taipei is the latest to ratify the historic @WTO deal that will curb the $22 billion a year in #FisheriesSubsidies that drive overfishing.
Here's why the agreement is such a big deal: https://t.co/RI2eEnZBin
Thank you to Cameroon for ratifying the @wto deal to #StopFundingOverfishing!
The race is on for 111 WTO members to ratify so the agreement can take effect.
Here’s why the agreement is such a big deal: https://t.co/RI2eEo097V
WTO has a chance next week to finalize additional rules to address overfishing. This op-ed by 5 ministers explain its benefits for to developing countries. 🇧🇧 🇨🇻🇨🇱🇫🇯🇳🇬
Ending harmful subsidies will benefit small-scale fishers https://t.co/15Ws80tVAw
Exciting news from France! 🇫🇷 The Senate has unanimously voted today to support the #HighSeasTreaty 🌊
👏 We congratulate France for leading the way in the EU's #RaceForRatification. We look forward to their official ratification at the @UN!
So many important ocean issues addressed at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa #CHOGM24, including a call for conclusion of additional rules to the #WTO fisheries subsidies agreement to address overcapacity and overfishing. https://t.co/wLpqiABFZC
Progress: 🇪🇨 Ecuador is the latest to ratify the @WTO deal to curb the $22 billion governments spend annually to fund overfishing!
The race is on to reach 111 members so the agreement can come into force: https://t.co/dj4mmcSTsg #WTOFishCount
"Barbados 🇧🇧 has signed and ratified a United Nations (UN) treaty which regulates biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). Barbados is the 13th country in the world to ratify the agreement and the second in CARICOM after Belize 🇧🇿." https://t.co/EILsamg8eB