Appendix III - More examples of possible subsidies of different categories^[20]

CATEGORY 1

• Grants to purchase new or old vessels, or to modernize

• Income support, unemployment insurance and income guarantee payments

• Vessel decommissioning payments

• Licence, permit and quota buyouts and retirement grants

• Compensation for closed or reduced seasons

• Gear conflict compensation programmes

• Disaster relief payments to fishers

• Equity infusions to fish processing, harvesting or aquaculture firms by governments

• Price support payments to fishers

• Grants to small fisheries and direct aid to participants in specific fisheries

• Grants to establish joint ventures

• Support to improve economic efficiency

• Grants for safety equipment

• Direct export incentives

• Grants for retraining fishers for other industries

• Bad weather unemployment compensation schemes

• Taxes (negative)

• Import/export duties (negative)

• Compensation for damages

• Investment grants for pond construction

• Grants for temporarily withdrawing fishing vessels

• Vacation support payments

• Payments to reduce accounting costs

• Matching contributions for private sector investment

• Transport subsidies

CATEGORY 2

• Government funded health programmes specific to fisheries

• Payments to foreign governments to secure access to fishing grounds

• Fishery-specific infrastructure, e.g. fish markets, landing sites and ports

• Provision of bait services

• Gear development

• Support to community based management, regional development and producer organizations

• Fuel tax exemptions for vessel fuel

• Sales tax exemptions

• Special income tax deductions for fishers

• Tax exemptions for deep-sea fisheries

• Deferred tax programmes

• Investment tax credits

• Loans made on favourable terms

• Government guarantees of bank loans

• Fishers' insurance programmes or subsidized insurance

• Market promotion programmes

• Support to consultative groups and mechanisms

• Government funded research and development programmes

• Reduced charges by government agencies

• Sales of commodities to fishers at less than market price

• Information collection, analysis and dissemination

• Promotion and development of fisheries

• Exploratory fishing and gear development

• Fisheries enhancement including support for artificial reefs

• Research on deep-sea fishing

• International fisheries cooperation

• Regional development programmes

• Price support systems

• Promotion of fish consumption

• Free trade zones

• Market research

• Inspection and certification services

• Training and extension services

• Provision of seeds and feed for aquaculture

CATEGORY 3

• Hatchery and fish habitat programmes

• Environmental regulations

• Enhancement of the fisheries community environment

• Technology transfers

• Protection of marine areas

• Gear regulations (e.g. TEDs)

• Food safety and hygiene regulations

• Input and output regulations

• Tariffs and tariff quotas

• Import quotas

• Waivers of import duties

• Ownership restrictions

• Allocation of catch quotas only to national fishers

• Chemical and drugs regulations for aquaculture

• Production and feed quota schemes in aquaculture

• Licence requirements for fish farming

• Veterinary surveillance requirements for aquaculture

• Regulations with regard to the escape of fish in aquaculture

• Record keeping and reporting requirements

• Nationality and residence requirements for company officials/managers and crew

• Landing bans

• Prohibitions on foreign direct investment

• Fisheries management

CATEGORY 4

• Free or below market price resource access

• Lack of implementation of fish quality standards

• Fisheries registration fees not collected

• Non-enforcement of existing regulations

• Lack of pollution control

• No requirement of certificate of competence or fisherman's licence

• Use of free public services, e.g. water; sewerage services, for fishers