Trade Issues and Policy Coherence in Fisheries: A Developing Country Perspective on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards and Other Non-Tariff Barriers

摘要

There is a need to examine critically the coherence of trade and fisheries policies towards sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) on one hand, and development-oriented policies (such as those towards poverty reduction in developing countries) onthe other hand, with a view to addressing inherent incoherencies. This paper discusses mainly the SPS from a developing (exporting) country perspective. It details how these policies have been domesticated in developing countries, and some of their impacts on fisheries trade and national development. This paper looks at regional rather than specific national policies. It seeks to illustrate effects of policy incoherencies, and suggests how these could be addressed.