Joint ventures on the menu for Spanish fishing companies, but without EU funding On a visit to Spain in mid-January 2005, the EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, met with an association of Spanish companies fishing in third co... 31/01/2005
Privatisation of Lake Victoria fisheries is proposed by EU firms Three EU-based firms are reported to have expressed an interest to the Kenyan government in buying up fishing rights in Lake Victoria. A Fren... 31/01/2005
Investing in sub-Saharan African sustainable fisheries: first consultative workshop to discuss strategies The FAO, the World Bank and the WWF organised the first 'Consultative workshop on strategic partnership for sustainable fisheries investment fund... 31/01/2005
Symposium on illegal fishing brings specialists together in South Africa A two-day symposium on how to curb illegal fishing was inaugurated in Cape Town on February 1st 2005, with the participation of almost 100 special... 31/01/2005
Angola-EU negotiations are stuck, but Angola strikes an accord with Spain The second round of negotiations between Angola and EU for the renewal of their fisheries agreement protocol started on January 24th 2005. The agr... 31/01/2005
Gambia and Senegal sign fisheries agreement A fisheries agreement between Gambia and Senegal came into force in mid-January 2005 after two days of negotiation, when Gambian and Senegalese fi... 31/01/2005
The EU is to join the new tuna commission for the western central Pacific The inaugural meeting of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) was held in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia on December... 30/11/2004
Monitoring, control and surveillance: joint policing operations in SADC waters The first joint fisheries-surveillance operation between South Africa and Namibia took place in early December 2004. It was organised and funded b... 30/11/2004
Senegal: what future for EU fisheries access? The signing of a fisheries agreement between Senegal and the EU would be a response to political, diplomatic, economic and commercial issues, acco... 30/11/2004
EU signs up to an FPA with the Comoros The EC announced on November 26th 2004 that a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Islamic Republic of the Comoros Islands had b... 30/11/2004