The Council of the European Union has given its green light to the European Commission to open negotiations with Morocco on new fisheries agreement, which includes the Moroccan Sahara. The EU decision to open talks for the renewal for the fisheries accord deals a hard blow to the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity. About 120 vessels from 11 EU countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, The Netherlands, Ireland, Poland and United Kingdom) are operating in Morocco’s waters. Both the EU and Morocco benefit from the fisheries agreement. Similarly, the gains of the 11 EU countries operating in Moroccan waters largely exceed the €30m EU investment for the support of Moroccan sectoral fisheries policy.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 16, 2018 17:03 UTC