20/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission put the proposal to the member states on 17 July that it negotiate a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement with the Republic of The Gambia. An agreement of this sort (like those already signed in the region with Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Capo Verde, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire) ensures that EU fishing activities outside its waters are based on the same principles and standards as those that apply under EU law, the...