08/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council of Ministers adopted, without debate, on Monday 8 July, a decision giving the European Commission a mandate to negotiate a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania(see EUROPE B12270A38). The current Protocol (2015-2019) expires on 16 November 2019. The EU fleet is allowed to fish in Mauritanian waters for shrimp, demersal fish, tuna and small pelagic fish, up to a total of 287, 050 tonnes a year....