Brussels, 18/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - European social partners of the fisheries sector are calling on the European Commission for “exceptional financial assistance” to provide fishermen and ship-owners affected by the badly chosen protocol agreed between the EU and Mauritania end July. They reject the agreement, considering it could “annihilate” a large part of the EU fisheries sector.
After frank opposition expressed by a delegation of European ship-owners (see EUROPE 10682), the...