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The Commission negotiated the new fisheries partnership agreement with Morocco, which was initialled on 28 July. The agreement follows the new partnership format which the Community has developed for relations with third countries in the field of fisheries. This new approach includes, among others, a clear commitment from the Commission side to promote the general principles of conservation and sustainable management of fishery resources. The new agreement paves the way for a permanent policy dialogue on fisheries between the European Community and Morocco and envisages initiatives and measures in support of responsible fisheries policy.
The previous fisheries agreement with Morocco, which covered the period 1995-99, did indeed provide for fishing possibilities for sponge fishing. In fact, it included the provision of five licences, which were never used.
The new agreement establishes different categories of fishing possibilities for Community fishing vessels, covering a total of 119 fishing vessels and a quota of 60 000 tonnes for industrial pelagic fisheries.
The Commission is well aware of the Greek interest in sponge fishing, since, as part of the preparations for the negotiations on a new fisheries partnership agreement with Morocco, Greece pointed out on several occasions its interest in including sponge fishing in the new agreement. During the negotiations, the Commission took account of the Greek interest and presented to the Moroccan side a request to include sponge fishing in the agreement. Unfortunately, however, at this stage, sponge fishing cannot be covered in the agreement. The scientific evaluations available do not provide sufficient data with respect to sponge fishing to allow us to cover this type of fishing in the agreement.
However, were a favourable scientific assessment of sponge stocks to become available in the future, the Commission could propose to the Moroccan side the inclusion of this type of fishing in the agreement. This inclusion could take the form of a decision of the joint committee that is provided for in Article 10 of the agreement.
Having said that, I wish to emphasise that both the Community and Morocco have agreed to the possibility of carrying out certain experimental fisheries under Article 5 of the Protocol. In this context, experimental sponge fishing can be envisaged. Experimental campaigns could facilitate the preparation of a scientific assessment of sponge resources in the Moroccan fishing zone."@en1
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