EC/Mauritania fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st August 2001 to 31st July 2006

The Council unanimously adopted a Regulation on the conclusion of an agreement concerning the amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period of 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2006.

New fishing opportunities for "pole-and-line tuna vessel and surface longliner" are shared among France (9 vessels), Spain (23 vessels) and Portugal (3 vessels). A temporary reduction of the fishing effort is being applied.