Country Project Ecuador:

Fisheries Subsidies Reform
Based on cooperation between the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) and several ministries, the Ecuadorian country team assesses the impact of domestic and foreign subsidies onthe Ecuadorian tuna's sustainability and trade. The project seeks to help Ecuador and other CPPS member countries to develop strategies for national, regional and international (WTO) subsidies policy to secure their best long-term interest for both their fisheries and development objectives.

Project document Ecuador

Final country documents:

• Main Study (in Spanish): “Impacto de los subsidios pesqueros en la sustentabilidad y el comercio del atún en el Ecuador”
  
• Executive Summary of the main study (in English and Spanish): “Impacto de los subsidios pesqueros en la sustentabilidad y el comercio del atún en el Ecuador”
  

Stakeholder Consultations:

Informal meeting on “Sustainability Criteria for Fisheries Subsidies: The Latin American and the Caribbean Context”, Geneva, 23 September 2009