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WTO Fisheries Agreement - India
July 23 , 2026
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- India became the 123rd member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to accept the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies by submitting its Instrument of Acceptance to the WTO.
- The agreement was adopted at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) held in Geneva in June 2022.
- It aims to prohibit subsidies supporting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and address subsidies contributing to overfishing and excess fishing capacity.
- The agreement applies to marine wild capture fishing and excludes aquaculture and inland fisheries from its scope.
- The agreement entered into force on 15 September 2025 after acceptance by two-thirds of WTO members.
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