02/09/24 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 29 August, the European Commission adopted a proposal in which it asks the Council of the EU to authorise it to negotiate a new protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Government of the Cook Islands. The current protocol expires on 16 December this year and provides for a payment of €350,000 per year to the Cook Islands to enable the EU fleet (4 EU seiners) to fish at least 100 days per year in the waters of...