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In a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, a group of countries took a firm position against fisheries subsidies.
ICTSD reports that New Zealand’s ambassador, speaking on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and the US, said these countries expect ambitious rules limiting fisheries subsidy payments to be a key result of the negotiations of WTO’s Negotiations Group on Rules.

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New guidelines for organic cultivation of fish and seaweed

Representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet in Canada next month to assess the inclusion of animals and seaweed produced using aquaculture techniques in the Guidelines for Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods.

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