Question : Subsidies to Fisheries Sector

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING ??????????, ??????? ?? ????? ?????? be pleased to state:

a) whether the Government has entered into any agreements at World Trade Organization regarding subsidies to the fisheries sector in the country and if so, the details thereof;
b) whether the Government plans to bring down the subsidy for fisheries in the country and if so, the details thereof;
c) whether the Government has data regarding the fishing subsidies offered by other countries to its fishermen and if so, the details thereof;
d) whether the Government has observed large scale industrial fishing taking place in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
e) whether any large private companies or corporations engage in large scale fishing activities in the country and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (e) : A Statement is placed on the Table of the House.


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Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.32 put in by Shri Hibi Eden and Shri M.K. Raghavan, Members of Parliament for answer on 19-07-2022 regarding “SUBSIDIES TO FISHERIES SECTOR”
(a) The ‘Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies’ has been unanimously adopted on 17th June, 2022 by the Members during the Twelfth Session of the Ministerial Conference (MC-12) of the World Trade Organizations (WTO) held at Geneva.
(b) Government has no plan to bring down the fisheries subsidies in the country.
(c) The information regarding subsidies including fisheries subsidies given by member countries are furnished by respective member countries to the WTO as per Article 25 of Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) of WTO. The data regarding fisheries subsidies as available in WTO website and other sources is compiled from time to time by the Centre for WTO Studies (Centre for Research in International Trade), the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The information regarding Governmental support given to fisheries sector by some major countries is placed at Annexure.
(d) The marine capture fisheries in the country is mostly small-scale in nature. As such there is no large-scale industrial fishing happening in the country.
(e) No large private companies or corporations engage in large-scale fishing activities in the country.
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ANNEXURE
Governmental support given by some major countries to Fisheries Sector
Sl. No. Country Approximate Governmental
support (Year 2016)
(in US Dollars)
1 Denmark 108463640
2 Sweden 94182845
3 Netherlands 107706456
4 New Zealand 92940818
5 Norway 305759774
6 Canada 756258766
7 Ireland 75848582
8 Germany 1833460
9 Australia 179205180
10 Japan 1271476719
11 United States 840559023
12 Turkey 174805761
13 Spain 17768821
14 United Kingdom 12132974
15 Malaysia 78593291
16 Argentina 72641715
17 Brazil 430826992
18 Peru 60020588
19 Korea, Republic of 64384527
20 France 8366778
21 China 3833977974
22 Chinese Taipei 71503599

Data Source: Website of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) accessed on 18 July, 2022