<h1>Special and Differential Treatment must preserve developing countries' fisheries policy space and livelihood protections in multilateral negotiations.</h1> India urges fisheries subsidy rules that balance subsidy reduction and overfishing controls with recognition of differing development stages, requiring major subsidizers to curb capacities under Polluter Pays and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities. It rejects limiting Special & Differential Treatment to only poor and artisanal fishermen, demanding S&DT that safeguards livelihoods, food security, policy space to develop fisheries, and sufficient transition periods to avoid perpetuating unequal entitlements and to preserve future capacity growth.