Brussels, 31/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 28 January, the EU Council of Ministers endorsed a new protocol to the fisheries deal between the EU and Côte d'Ivoire that was initialled on 9 January 2013, after the EP gave the go-ahead on 11 December (see EUROPE 10981).
The deal will run from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2018 and grant fishing licences to EU tuna-fishing ships. The agreement has been in force provisionally since 1 July 2013 and allows 28 frozen tuna seiners (12 from France...