date:Dec 11, 2013
.U. and Morocco, which Greenpeace and other activists decried as encouraging overfishing of key stocks such as mackerel.
Fish like mackerel, sardines and sardinella are important species for communities along the coast of the entire West African region, Maillot said. Except for sardine stocks, most of them are already fished to, or even beyond, sustainable limits. Increasing the EU catch in the waters of Morocco and Western Sahara will lead to overfishing and conflict with the needs and interes