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EU and Madagascar agree new protocol

On 19 June 2014, the EU and Madagascar initialled a new 4 year-Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Madagascar, the EU’s second largest one in the Indian Ocean.

 
EU and Senegal agree new sustainable fisheries partnership

The European Union and the Republic of Senegal have agreed a new Fisheries Partnership following a successful third round of talks in Dakar, Senegal, on the 24th and 25th April. The five year Protocol fixes the fishing opportunities for EU vessels, the EU's financial contribution, and the terms of support for the Senegalese fisheries sector.

 
EU and Faroe Islands reach agreement on reciprocal exchanges of fishing opportunities

Following the conclusion of the new Coastal State mackerel agreement, which was signed in London on 12 March, agreement was reached on 13 March between the European Union and the Faroe Islands on reciprocal exchanges of fishing opportunities in each other’s waters for 2014. This agreement follows a period of four years, during which time the Parties had not concluded arrangements, due to the long-standing mackerel dispute.

 
Deal on Mackerel in the North-East Atlantic

The European Commission welcomes the five-year arrangement for mackerel in the North-East Atlantic, which was reached in London on 12 March between the EU, Faroe Islands and Norway.

 
Internship Opportunity at the NAFO Secretariat

A NAFO Intern Program allows students, post graduates or early career individuals from NAFO member countries an opportunity to improve their skills, enhance their experience and learn about NAFO and its activities.

 
Moroccan Parliament ratifies Fisheries Partnership Agreement with EU

Members of the Moroccan Parliament, who met in plenary on Wednesday 12th February, voted to approve the protocol between Morocco and the EU setting the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the fisheries partnership agreement between the two parties.