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Here are the vessels that violated international law
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The list of vessels active under the now repealed EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has just been released. Download the list here.
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It is not clear at this point which of these vessels were fishing in Western Sahara's waters, but they are among those listed. On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted down the fish deal with Morocco over Western Sahara.

According to the European Commission's external evaluation of the fish accord with Morocco, 74% of the EU's vessels were fishing in Saharawi waters. Furthermore, the report stated that the agreement was the worst of all ongoing bilateral agreements in terms of costs and benefits, and contributed to the destruction of marine life.

The European Parliament’s legal service considered the agreement to be in violation of international law, since Western Sahara is not part of Morocco, and the people of the territory had never approved of nor benefitted from the fisheries.

The document containing the names, registration numbers, flags and other info on the vessels active under the agreement was published by fishsubsidy.org, a project coordinated by the UK based organisation EU Transparency.

List of vessels active under the EU-Morocco FPA (81 KB)




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11.02 - 2014 / 11.02 - 2014Morocco adopts contentious EU-Morocco fish deal
10.12 - 2013 / 10.12 - 2013Occupied Sahara: EU undermining Human Rights on Human Rights Day
08.12 - 2013 / 08.12 - 2013More vids of demonstration and victims of EU/Moroccan plans in Sahara
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05.12 - 2013 / 05.12 - 2013267 organisations ask European Parliament to reject fish accord
04.12 - 2013 / 04.12 - 2013President of African Parliament calls on EU to respect Sahara rights
02.12 - 2013 / 02.12 - 2013Greenpeace: EU parliament must vote no to Western Sahara fisheries
18.11 - 2013 / 18.11 - 2013European Liberal Youth calls for no EU fishing in occupied Sahara






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The EU considers to pay Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. An EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement from 2013 would be both politically controversial and in violation of international law. The international Fish Elsewhere! campaign demands the EU to avoid such unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
عريضة لوقف النهب

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يحضر الاتحاد الاوربي لإبرام اتفاق غير اخلاقي جديد للصيد البحري مع المغرب في سنة 2013.

مرة اخرى، يعتزم الاتحاد الاوربي الصيد في المياه الاقليمية للصحراء الغربية المحتلة في خرق سافر للقانون الدولي. وقع هذه العريضة للتنديد بذلك.

"EU fisheries in Western Sahara must be stopped"




Western Sahara human rights activist Aminatou Haidar hopes for increased attention to the EU plundering of occupied Western Sahara.

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