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Academia 6 months ago

What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means

The landmark WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which entered into force on Sept. 15 after a quarter century of negotiations, is only the beginning in tackling harmful subsidies toward ensuring sustainability of fish stocks, coastal communities and the planet's oceans.

Regulations 1 year ago

What is Chevron deference and why did the US Supreme Court overturn it?

The doctrine, among the most important principles in administrative law, arose from a 1984 Supreme Court ruling involving oil company Chevron. Conservatives and business interests had opposed it while liberals, favoring robust corporate regulation, championed it.

Regulations 1 year ago

US Supreme Court curbs federal agency powers, overturning 1984 precedent

The precedent the court overturned arose from a ruling involving oil company Chevron that had called for judges to defer to reasonable federal agency interpretations of US laws deemed to be ambiguous. This doctrine, long opposed by conservatives and business interests, was called "Chevron deference."

Society 3 years ago

Overfishing looms as Indonesia struggles to meet fisheries target: Study

Nearly half of Indonesia’s wild fish stocks are overfished as the country struggles to meet its own fisheries targets, while some essential marine ecosystems are still left out of the expanding marine protected areas (MPAs), a recent study by World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia has found.