SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

11/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - New EU-Cote d'Ivoire fishing agreement. On 9 January, the EU and Ivory Coast agreed on a new protocol implementing an EU-Cote d'Ivoire fisheries agreement. The protocol will last for five years from the expiry date of the current agreement (30 June 2013), and will allow French and Spanish ships to fish for tuna and other highly migratory species, with a reference tonnage of 6,500 tonnes (see EUROPE 10723). In return, the EU will pay Cote d'Ivoire €680,000 a...