Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Bangladesh, as an LDC, has already harvested more than 0.8 per cent of the quota of global fish production, according to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) proposed text.

Thus, Bangladesh cannot give subsidies to the fisheries sector, Deputy Chief of Fisheries Department (Marine) Mohammad Tanveer Hossain Chowdhury said while speaking at a seminar.

However, the fisheries agreement will not be binding unless all countries sign it within the next two years, he added.

Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD), a national platform of CSO and NGOs in Bangladesh, organised the seminar in Dhaka on Sunday to discuss the possible position of the Bangladesh Government delegation that will attend the Thirteenth Ministerial Co...