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Oceans economy offers untapped opportunities for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of marine resources and ecosystems

UNCTAD, UNEP and CAF (Development Bank of Latin America) lead discussions during a side event at the 13th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Cancun, Mexico.

End fishing subsidies to protect millions of jobs in developing countries

End fishing subsidies to protect millions of jobs in developing countries

Developing countries can protect millions of fisheries-related jobs by negotiating an end to fishing subsidies at a top-level World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting scheduled for December 2017, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said on Wednesday.

UNCTAD fisheries project facilitates south-south partnerships

UNCTAD fisheries project facilitates south-south partnerships

Chinese collaboration with an UNCTAD fisheries project means that as well as helping developing countries to export more fish, the UN agency may also be advancing South-south cooperation.

UNCTAD14 sees 90 countries sign up to UN roadmap for elimination of harmful fishing subsidies

UNCTAD14 sees 90 countries sign up to UN roadmap for elimination of harmful fishing subsidies

Some 90 countries backed an UNCTAD - FAO - UNEP initiative on Wednesday, signing up to a roadmap towards ending harmful fishing subsidies.

A step forward in the fight against harmful fishing practices

UNCTAD welcomes the imminent operationalization of the FAO's Port State Measures Agreement that will give States and Port Authorities increased competences and legal tools to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Trade, transport, tourism and oceans

UNCTAD, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Ocean Institute gathered foremost experts, member states and NGOs to take stock and consider innovative ideas and best practices to implement SDG 14, the oceans' goal.