Greenpeace is concerned about the new agreement between the European Union and Senegal, and its protocol, which allow 38 EU vessels to access fisheries resources for a total compensation of € 13 930 000 (9 137 481 010 FCFA) for five years1.
"It is clear that the agreement does not fall in line with the reasons given by the Senegalese authorities for its renewal, namely the revitalization of the port of Dakar. Actually, this agreement only maintains the current situation of eight European pole and line vessels which supply the local market in tuna and adds 28 seiners which are allowed to operate without any obligation to land their catches locally. The most worrying is the inclusion of two bottom trawlers for hake despite the recommendation by the last inter-ministerial council on fisheries which held on June 2013 in Dakar 2 to freeze the fishing effort on this stock," said Marie Suzanne Traoré, Greenpeace Africa Oceans Campaigner.
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