Brussels, 09/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - The new fishing agreement between the EU and Senegal, allowing European vessels to fish for species such as tuna for five years, has been described as “disastrous” by local stakeholders and the NGO Greenpeace.
The new agreement, which was concluded on 25 April (see EUROPE 11067), will allow 38 European vessels - Spanish and French in particular - to fish for 14,000 tonnes of tuna a year in Senegalese waters over five years, in return for...