Spain: End of the fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco with many doubts about its renewal

Published 2023년 7월 16일

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The fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco expires on July 17, raising doubts about its renewal and the future of fishing grounds for impacted Spanish boats. The agreement, which has provided licenses for community vessels, has been of great political value for Spain. Negotiations for renewal depend on a ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU, which will determine if the fishing grounds of Western Sahara can be included in the agreement.
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The fishing agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco ends this Monday, July 17, with many doubts about its renewal and about the future of the fishing ground for the affected boats from Andalusia, the Canary Islands and Galicia. Considered the fishing pact with the greatest political value for Spain, for four years it has offered 138 licenses for community vessels, 93 for the Spanish fleet, which however has been taking advantage of twenty this year. Unlike in other times, this Monday there will be no notable staging of the end of the agreement with the departure of Spanish ships from Moroccan waters, since at this moment there is hardly any presence of the fleet there. But there are ships affected and now there are doubts about whether they will stop their activity or, for example, will join the Gulf of Cádiz or the Canary Islands tuna fishing grounds. Negotiations between Europeans and Moroccans for its renewal depend on a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU on ...
Source: PEefeagro

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