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Western Sahara
Politics | Economy - Development

EU considers Western Sahara fisheries legal

afrol News, 1 July - The European Commission is defending its fisheries outside the Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara as legal, despite protests from Saharawi authorities, UN specialists and the EU parliament.

Africa | Tanzania
Economy - Development | Science - Education | Environment - Nature

Warmer Lake Tanganyika threatens fisheries

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 1 July - The warming of Lake Tanganyika over the past century has made the lake less productive - posing a serious threat to fisheries, according to a new series of studies.

Morocco | Western Sahara
Politics | Economy - Development

Morocco stalls EU-Sahara fisheries examination

afrol News, 4 June - Last year, the European Parliament stated that EU fisheries in Western Sahara would be illegal if the indigenous Saharawis were not consulted. But now, Morocco refuses EU parliament members to travel to the territory to examine if they are.

Mauritania
Economy - Development

Mauritania, EU review fisheries agreement

afrol News, 23 March - Representatives of the government of Mauritania and the European Union (EU) have started to review the application of the fisheries agreement between the two parties, which came into force two years ago.

East Africa | Indian Ocean
Economy - Development | Environment - Nature

Indian Ocean fisheries deal disappoints East Africa

afrol News, 5 March - Attempts to achieve a more environmentally sustainable regulation of fisheries in the Indian Ocean, in particular tuna catches off the East African coast, mostly failed during the annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in Busan, Korea today.


» 15.12.2009 - Experts reach conclusion to limit trade on aquatic animals under CITES
» 02.02.2009 - Mauritania to have new SA funded fish cannery
» 09.12.2008 - EU-Moroccan deal "illegal"; UN expert
» 25.11.2008 - Tuna commission criticised for endorsing high quotas
» 21.11.2008 - Major cannery divests in Western Sahara
» 03.11.2008 - W/Sahara contests inclusion in EU-Morocco deal
» 03.10.2008 - EU to pay first Mauritanian fish deal
» 06.08.2008 - 18,000 South African seabirds killed annually
» 23.07.2008 - 60 injured after Moroccan-Sahrawi clashes in Dakhla
» 18.07.2008 - SA's and Namibians fish illegally in West Sahara
» 27.06.2008 - More funds for Cape Verde's rural poor
» 26.06.2008 - SADC battling with illegal fisheries
» 12.06.2008 - Western Sahara-bound fishing vessel hijacked
» 22.01.2008 - Illegal fishing ruins Mauritius
» 16.11.2007 - Senegal, Spain seal deal
» 14.11.2007 - Nigeria denies Bakassi attack
» 12.11.2007 - SA tops African fishing
» 31.10.2007 - EC approves Mozambique fisheries partnership
» 03.09.2007 - US, Morocco sign largest MCC compact
» 24.08.2007 - Angola attains high economic growth
» 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers
» 16.07.2007 - Lake Victorious: weevils defeat water hyacinths
» 13.03.2007 - EU nets fisheries deal with São Tomé
» 14.02.2007 - Ghana's local fishermen pay the price of overfishing
» 24.11.2006 - Angola to create 217,000 new jobs in fisheries
» 06.11.2006 - Global fisheries collapse to hit Africa first
» 03.11.2006 - Comoros gets regional fisheries monitoring centre
» 22.05.2006 - EU okays Morocco fishing deal despite Sahrawi protests
» 07.03.2006 - Fight over legality of EU fisheries in Western Sahara
» 01.12.2005 - Comoros, EU sign fisheries agreement
» 28.07.2005 - Morocco-EU fisheries deal finally renewed
» 19.05.2005 - Sahrawis concerned over EU-Morocco fisheries deal
» 03.05.2005 - Norw. Ambassador supporting Moroccan occupation of Sahara
» 10.01.2005 - Namibia govt concerned over fishing industry
» 21.12.2004 - Artisanal fisheries encouraged in Angola
» 07.12.2004 - South Africa "nationalises" tuna, swordfish
» 08.10.2004 - Mali counts on fisheries to fight poverty
» 23.09.2004 - Fisheries partnership between Cape Verde and Angola
» 21.09.2004 - Seychelles, EU negotiate new fisheries deal
» 14.09.2004 - South Africa, Namibia strengthen fisheries ties with Norway
» 01.09.2004 - "Slave conditions" in Namibia's fish industry
» 13.08.2004 - Seychelles to improve shark fish monitoring
» 14.07.2004 - Efforts to boost fisheries in Gabon
» 12.07.2004 - Norwegian industry to exploit Sahrawi fish resources
» 31.05.2004 - African-Atlantic fisheries to be monitored
» 09.02.2004 - Seychelles drops swordfish, goes for tuna
» 29.01.2004 - Mauritius to close its ports to illegal fishers
» 20.11.2003 - Moroccan fisheries threaten Mediterranean dolphins
» 23.10.2003 - "Disadvantaged South Africans" get lobster rights
» 21.10.2003 - EU lifts Cape Verdean fish export embargo
» 17.10.2003 - Tourism, fisheries to counter Cape Verde's poverty
» 20.09.2003 - Reefs from Kenya to Mozambique "dead by 2015"
» 01.08.2003 - Community-based research nets results in Benin
» 25.05.2003 - Senegalese artisanal fishers weep over noble fish

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