Globalization, trade treaties and the future of the Atlantic Canadian fisheries : Mondialisation, les traites commerciaux et l'avenir des peches canadiennes de l'Atlantique

The opinions and recommendations in this report, Acknowledgements and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers or This study was done by the Canadian Centre for funders of this report. [...] Among the key issues it considers are the potential impacts of the new, more far-reach- ing provisions of trade and investment treaty on the ability of Canadians to: • pursue public policies that curb domination of the fisheries by large corporations and highly extractive vessels and help to spread the benefits of the fishery more widely among smaller, independent fish- ers and coastal communities [...] In the case of Canadian fish being sold in the EU, the proposed CETA rules of origin stipulate that the fish must be taken “under the authority of a Canadian fishing license” and that the holder of that license must be either a Canadian national or an enterprise that is majority Canadian-owned, in order to receive preferential tariff treat- ment. [...] The naFta, for ex- ample, exempts controls by the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec on the export of unprocessed fish as they existed on August 12, 1992 (naFta Annex 301.3) from the application of the national treatment (naFta Article 301) and the export and import restrictions rules (naFta Article 309).44 Globalization, Trade Treaties and the Future of the Atlantic Canadian Fisheries 29 But Canada ha [...] The prohibitions in the market ac- cess rules of the services and investment chapters conflict with vital policies that preserve the independence of the inshore fisheries in Atlantic Canada.