Fish Fund Extends Second Call for Proposals Deadline to 8 May 2026
Summary
The WTO Fish Fund has extended the deadline for its second Call for Proposals to 8 May 2026. Eligible applicants include developing and least-developed WTO members that have accepted the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Two grant types are available: project preparation grants up to USD 50,000 and project grants up to USD 300,000.
What changed
The WTO Fish Fund has extended the deadline for its second Call for Proposals from the original date to 8 May 2026. The second Call opened on 2 February 2026 and provides funding to help developing and least-developed WTO members implement the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Eligible members must have deposited their instruments of acceptance of the Agreement.
Affected parties are developing and least-developed country WTO members seeking technical assistance and capacity-building support. The Fish Fund offers project preparation grants (up to USD 50,000) and project grants (up to USD 300,000). Following the first Call, 26 project grants totalling close to USD 3 million were approved in November 2025.
What to do next
- Submit grant proposals by 8 May 2026
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Fish Fund extends deadline of second Call for Proposals to 8 May
Eligible WTO members now have until 8 May 2026 to submit grant proposals under the WTO Fish Fund's second Call for Proposal, following an extension of the original deadline.
Fish Fund extends deadline of second Call for Proposals to 8 May
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The second Call for Proposals opened on 2 February 2026 and is open to all developing and least-developed WTO members that have deposited their instruments of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. The application portal for project proposals is available here.?
Two types of grants are available: project preparation grants of up to USD 50,000 to support needs assessments ahead of implementation of the Agreement, and project grants of up to USD 300,000 to implement specific provisions of the Agreement.?
Following the first Call for Proposals, the Fish Fund Steering Committee approved 26 requests for project grants in November 2025 totalling close to USD 3 million. More information on the approved grants can be found here.?
With the deposit of instruments of acceptance by Paraguay, Samoa, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 26 March, 119 WTO members have now formally accepted the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
The Fish Fund was established under Article 7 of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to provide targeted technical assistance and capacity-building to help developing and least-developed country members implement the Agreement. Housed at the WTO, the Fund operates in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank Group.
To date, total contributions and commitments to the WTO Fish Fund from 18 members have reached CHF 15.7 million, equivalent to more than USD 20 million. The contributing members are Australia, Canada, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
More information on the Fish Fund is available here.
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