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Negotiation mandate for a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Guinea

Maritime affairs and fisheries

A sustainable fisheries partnership agreement between the EU and Guinea would allow to open fishing grounds of Guinea to EU vessels in a regulated environment. The EU would also provide support for the sustainable fisheries policy of Guinea. Technical and financial conditions need to be laid down in a Protocol. Such a partnership existed until 2009 and could be renegotiated following improvements regarding the human rights situation in Guinea.

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4 responses

Consultation response

Stichting BirdLife Europe, 9 Jul 2020

*See attached BirdLife's complete answer to the public consultation. We consider that concluding an SFPA is preferable than perpetuating private agreements in Guinean waters that often fall under the Commission’s radar. However, before concluding any agreement, the EU and the Guinean government…

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Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements, 8 Jul 2020

Summary: In a potential future negotiation for an SFPA with Guinea, the EU should make sure it contributes towards resource and environmental sustainability, and that it supports the development of the local fisheries sector. In the current climate of political tension in this West African country,…

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Associazione Produttori Tonnieri del Tirreno soc coop, 26 Jun 2020

Buongiorno, relativamente al mandato negoziale per un SFPA tra UE e Guinea, vogliamo sottolineare che gli armatori di navi da pesca italiani hanno da sempre esercitato la pesca nella ZEE della Repubblica della Guinea Conakry, sia quando erano in vigore accordi di pesca comunitari (dagli anni '80)…

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Asociación Nacional de Armadores de Buques Atuneros Congeladores, 26 Jun 2020

The network of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements is a key tool to spread the values of the CFP and to consolidate the importance and influence of the EU in the international marine gobernance and on a geostrategic level. This is specially important in Africa and when countries that were…