Lok Sabha Question No. 32 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Subsidies to Fisheries Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Hibi Eden, M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOKA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No.*32 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2022

## SUBSIDIES TO FISHERIES SECTOR

## *32. SHRI HIBI EDEN,

## SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

## Will  the  Minister  of  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND  DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री 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  17 th 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