EU-Mauritania fisheries protocol expires on November 14: €60.8 million a year and up to 280,050 tonnes of fishing opportunities
The implementing protocol of the EU-Mauritania fisheries partnership expired on November 14. As of November 13, the European Commission had announced no replacement agreement and had warned member states that their vessels would no longer be authorised to fish in Mauritanian waters from November 14.
The protocol had run since November 15, 2021. The EU paid €60.8 million a year in financial contribution in return for fishing opportunities of up to 280,050 tonnes a year for vessels from ten member states. The EU and Mauritania have maintained a fisheries partnership since 1987, one of the EU's largest with a non-EU country. The framework Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement has a six-year term with automatic renewal, but the implementing protocol that defines actual fishing opportunities, categories, fees and the financial contribution had a fixed end date.
Agence Europe reported that Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis held two video calls with Mauritania's new fisheries minister, Aïssata Lam, the latest on November 9, and that the Commission had submitted a revised offer, with the amount of the EU financial contribution the main sticking point. Whether the two sides can agree a transitional arrangement or a new protocol after the expiry remains to be seen.
Source: European Commission
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