The European Commission does not intend to renew the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement between the EU and Senegal because the country has been pre-identified as non-cooperating in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
This information is contained in a Commission working document evaluating the 2019-2024 protocol to the fisheries agreement, published on 20 January (see EUROPE 13417/13). This protocol, which has allowed EU vessels to fish in Senegalese waters, has produced mixed results. The use of fishing quotas has fallen sharply, particularly for bait boats (from 80% in 2020 to 40% in 2023) and for trawlers (catches have dropped to an annual average of 1,244.5 tonnes, well below the total allowable catch of 1,750 tonnes).
Annual catches by EU vessels in Senegalese waters averaged 3,047 tonnes. The added value of the protocol is estimated at €8.2 for each euro invested by the EU, of which €5 has benefited the EU and €3.2 Senegal, according to the analysis. See the summary of the evaluation: https://aeur.eu/f/kc1 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)