INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND-UP – NEW MAURITANIA AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW fishing agreement has been negotiated between the European Commission and Mauritania, slashing maximum catch allowances, after an earlier deal was poorly exploited by European Union (EU) fishermen. Under the replacement agreement - which should run from this August to July 2012 - catch quotas for EU vessels in Mauritania waters will fall by 25% for cephalopods; by between 10% and 50% for demersal species (mainly shrimp and hake); and by 43% for small pelagic fish. The maximum amount of EU fishing fleet tonnage allowed to work Mauritania ...
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