18/11/2019 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate on Monday 18 November, the three legislative acts on the conclusion of a new protocol for the EU-Senegal Partnership Agreement on Sustainable Fisheries (see EUROPE 12351/13, 12303/10). The new five-year protocol will replace the current one, which expires in November 2019. This new protocol allows EU vessels to fish for tuna-like species and black hake in Senegalese waters: 28 tuna seiners (16 from Spain and 12 from France), 10 pole-and-line vessels (8 from Spain and 2 from France), 5 longliners (3 from Spain and 2 from Portugal), and 2 Spanish trawlers. The yearly financial contribution that Senegal receives from the European Union amounts to €1,700,000. (LC)