EU ROUND UP
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a detailed fishing access deal allowing EU fishing boats access to the Atlantic fishing waters off west Africa'a Guinea Bissau until June 2006. Under the agreement, licences to fish shrimp will be granted to Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek vessels, with boats from Spain (enjoying the overwhelming majority of rights), Italy and Greece being allowed to take fin-fish/cephalopods. Licences will also be issued to 20 Spanish tuna seiners, 19 from France and one from Italy. For surface ...
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