'South Africanisation' is supported by new policies The South African government launched a series of consultations with fishing communities in November 2004 to discuss draft policies for each of it... 30/11/2004
Angola-EU fisheries relations: many problems remain to be solved A set of internal regulations produced by the international relations office was approved by the Angolan Minister of Fisheries on November 29th 20... 30/11/2004
The EU Council adopts conclusions on FPAs The Conclusions of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on "an integrated framework for fisheries partnership agreements (FPAs) with... 14/11/2004
Better resource conservation with priority to local ACP fleets In its conclusions, the Council resolution highlights some issues of key concern for ACP countries, such as the prevention of overfishing, "i... 14/11/2004
Are subsidies for vessel transfer to continue? The Council Conclusions state that FPAs should promote "European investments and the transfer of technology and vessels?. 14/11/2004
Will partnerships be commercial or not? The EU fisheries ministers also call for the "progressive development of a policy dialogue at national and/or regional level with coastal sta... 14/11/2004
Regional action is stressed The importance of acting at a regional level for research, monitoring and control is also stressed in the Council’s conclusions. This is to be wel... 14/11/2004
What about the financial contribution? The Council of Fisheries ministers are "anxious to ensure that the Community financial contribution under the CFP effectively and adequately s... 14/11/2004
EPA-FPA Linkages Finally, it is not clear from the Council Conclusions what linkages are to be made between the FPAs and EPAs. 14/11/2004
EU-Pacific fleet build-up: new fisheries agreement to be signed with the Federated States of Micronesia The EU and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) initialled a new bilateral tuna-fisheries agreement on May 21st 2004. The three-year protocol t... 14/11/2004