EC/Ivory Coast fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 1994 to 30th June 1997

This proposal aimed to conclude a new fisheries protocol between the Community and Côte d'Ivoire. It laid down the technical and financial conditions covering fishing activities of Community vessels in Côte d'Ivoire waters between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 1997. The protocol thus provided for the following fisheries opportunities: - licences for freezer trawlers designed to fish demersal species taking deepwater crustaceans, cephalopods and demersal fish to a total of 600 GRT per month, averaged over the year; - licences for 7 pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners; - licences for 46 tuna seiners. In return, Côte d'Ivoire would be granted financial appropriations totalling ECU 2 500 000, including: - financial compensation for fisheries amounting to ECU 2 100 000, payable in three equal annual instalments, with this total increasing in proportion to the total quantities caught. In the case of tuna fishing, this compensation would cover a catch weight in Côte d'Ivoire waters of 7 500 tonnes of tuna fished per year. If the annual amount of tuna caught exceeded this quantity, the compensation would be increased by ECU 50 for each additional tonne caught; - a contribution of ECU 250 000 towards the financing of scientific or technical programmes to develop the fisheries industry; - awards for study and practical training to improve the skills and knowledge of fishermen, to a maximum of ECU 150 000. �