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Encouraging the elimination of fishing subsidies that contribute to overcapacity in the world's commercial fishing fleets and lead to overfishing of global fish stocks.
Other Bill Titles (1 more) 11/9/2007--Introduced.
Declares that the United States should continue to promote, in the Doha Development Round negotiations, effective multilateral agreements to prohibit fishing subsidies that promote overcapitalization, overfishing, and illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House |
| November 09, 2007 |
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July 21, 2008 The Hill Blog» Blog Archive » Why Does Congress Care about Fish?
In addition, the Ways and Means Committee has its own resolution on the issue, H. Res. 814. Starting today, July 21, trade ministers will convene in Geneva for critical WTO negotiations on agriculture and industrial goods (NAMA). ...
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