29/01/25 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 28 January, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries approved (22 votes in favour, 4 against, no abstentions) the conclusion of the fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde (see EUROPE 13428/14). The new 5-year protocol to the fisheries agreement allows 56 vessels from Spain, France and Portugal to fish 7,000 tonnes of tuna and tuna-like species per year in Cape Verde waters. The EU’s financial contribution for the entire duration of the Protocol amounts to €3.9 million, or €780,000 per year, based on a reference tonnage of 7,000 tonnes (€350,000) and aid for the development of the sectoral fisheries policy (€430,000 per year). The text must now be approved by Parliament at a forthcoming session (in February), and then by the Council of the EU. (LC)