The proposal follows the finalization of the fisheries agreement between Senegal and the EU, which has seen four tuna vessels from Bermeo moor in Dakar over the past two months.
Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will ensure that the Basque tuna fleet can operate in the waters of Panama and Costa Rica, after this was impossible in Senegal due to the end of the fisheries agreement between this country and the EU.
The Spanish Government’s initiative follows the request from the Ministry of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government for the Ministry to intervene and take decisions on the situation of the four Bermeo tuna vessels that have been in operation for two months. Dakar have moored. .
The Basque Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Development, Leandro Azkue, held a meeting this Monday at the headquarters of the Directorate General of Fisheries in Madrid with the Secretary General of Fisheries, Isabel Artime, in which the three Basque shipowners, ships and the Spanish shipowners’ association Cepesca.
As the Basque Ministry reports in a note, the central government has committed to manage the possibility of Basque tuna vessels operating in the waters of Panama and Costa Rica.
In addition, the department is studying whether each ship can receive de minimis support of up to 40,000 euros for the downtime it experiences.
The ships affected by the strike in Senegal are owned by Basque shipowners, including three Spanish and one with a French flag.
Source: EITB
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