欧盟与毛里塔尼亚渔业议定书11月14日到期:每年6080万欧元、捕捞机会最高280050吨

欧盟与毛里塔尼亚渔业伙伴关系现行实施议定书于11月14日到期。截至11月13日,欧盟委员会没有宣布替代协议,并已提醒成员国,其船只自14日起不再获准在毛里塔尼亚水域作业。
该议定书自2021年11月15日起执行,欧盟每年支付6080万欧元财政贡献,换取十个成员国船只每年最高280050吨的捕捞机会。欧盟与毛里塔尼亚的渔业伙伴关系始于1987年,是欧盟与非欧盟国家之间规模最大的渔业伙伴关系之一。框架性的可持续渔业伙伴关系协定为期六年、可自动续期,但界定实际捕捞机会、类别、费用与财政贡献的实施议定书有固定期限。
据Agence Europe报道,欧盟渔业委员科斯塔斯·卡迪斯与毛里塔尼亚新任渔业部长艾萨塔·拉姆举行过两次视频通话,最近一次在11月9日,欧盟委员会已提交修订报价;报道称,欧盟财政贡献金额是主要分歧点。议定书到期后,双方能否达成过渡安排或新议定书仍待观察。
图中是毛里塔尼亚渔港的渔船与渔网。
EU-Mauritania fisheries protocol expires on November 14: €60.8 million a year and up to 280,050 tonnes of fishing opportunities
The implementing protocol of the EU-Mauritania fisheries partnership expired on November 14. As of November 13, the European Commission had announced no replacement agreement and had warned member states that their vessels would no longer be authorised to fish in Mauritanian waters from November 14.
The protocol had run since November 15, 2021. The EU paid €60.8 million a year in financial contribution in return for fishing opportunities of up to 280,050 tonnes a year for vessels from ten member states. The EU and Mauritania have maintained a fisheries partnership since 1987, one of the EU's largest with a non-EU country. The framework Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement has a six-year term with automatic renewal, but the implementing protocol that defines actual fishing opportunities, categories, fees and the financial contribution had a fixed end date.
Agence Europe reported that Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis held two video calls with Mauritania's new fisheries minister, Aïssata Lam, the latest on November 9, and that the Commission had submitted a revised offer, with the amount of the EU financial contribution the main sticking point. Whether the two sides can agree a transitional arrangement or a new protocol after the expiry remains to be seen.
来源:欧盟委员会
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图片来源:图中是毛里塔尼亚渔港的渔船与渔网。Hugues, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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