Shrimps, turtles and talks

cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99588en
cg.issn1011-0054en
cg.journalSporeen
cg.number86en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ctaLIVESTOCKen
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T09:07:37Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-16T09:07:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/46748
dc.titleShrimps, turtles and talksen
dcterms.abstractThe United States has recently banned the import of shrimps from Guyana and other countries because the fishing nets used to catch them could endanger marine turtles. Shrimp-producing countries filed an appeal at the World Trade Organisation, which...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 2000. Shrimps, turtles and talks . Spore 86. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionThe United States has recently banned the import of shrimps from Guyana and other countries because the fishing nets used to catch them could endanger marine turtles. Shrimp-producing countries filed an appeal at the World Trade Organisation, which ruled in their favour. However, the WTO also recognised that the shrimp trade could damage the environment, and accepted the right of the US to protect the turtles. Reason enough, surely, to start off some talks, instead of imposing rules unilaterally?en
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued2000
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeNews Item

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