Sec. 403. Eliminate fish subsidies in trade agreementsKalyani
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Kalyani Section 102(b) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4201(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The principal negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to fish subsidies are the following: To eliminate subsidies that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing, or illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, such as subsidies that— increase the marine fishing capacity of fishing vessels or support the acquisition of equipment that increases the ability of fishing vessels to find fish; support the construction of fishing vessels, importation of fishing vessels, or government repurchase of fishing vessels outside of a binding and effective fishing capacity reduction program that includes the corresponding elimination of fishing rights and a binding and effective prohibition on the reuse of vessels for fishing to increase capacity in any fishery; affect fish stocks in any fishery— in an overfished or worse condition; whose stock levels are declining; or whose stock level status remains unknown; are provided to fishing enterprises engaged in long-distance fishing, either on the high seas or in the exclusive economic zone of a third country; support the transfer or reflagging of fishing vessels to third countries, including through the creation of joint ventures with partners of those countries; are provided to the fishing enterprises or to owners or operators of vessels that have been determined to have engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing by a coastal state or a regional fisheries management organization; or reduce fuel, insurance, or other operating costs solely for fishing enterprises.
To require parties to trade agreements— to report to an environmental affairs committee established under the agreement, on an annual basis, all marine fishing-related subsidies provided by the parties, including fleet capacity and trade data concerning the fisheries that the subsidies affect; to establish an independent body to make annual assessments of the health of fish stocks in each domestic fishery and report such assessments to such environmental affairs committee; with respect to shared or international fisheries in which each party is involved in fishing activities, to commit to cooperating with third countries, regional fisheries management organizations, and assessment bodies in annual assessments of the health of fish stocks in such fisheries; and to certify to such environmental affairs committee that they have made and continue to make adequate progress toward the goal of protecting and conserving, through well-connected and effective system of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030, with the focus on areas particularly important for biodiversity.
To require parties to trade agreements that are also members of the World Trade Organization to work collaboratively at the Organization to establish and maintain robust disciplines on fisheries subsidies. . The amendments made by subsection (a)— take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and apply with respect to negotiations for trade agreements subject to the provisions of section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4202 ) entered into on or after such date of enactment.
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