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The list of vessels active under the now repealed EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has just been released.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.
Published 16 December 2011

The list of vessels active under the now repealed EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has just been released.


The document was published by fishsubsidy.org. It is not clear at this point which vessels were fishing in Western Sahara's waters, but they are among those listed. According to the European Commission's external evaluation of the fish accord with Morocco, 74% of the EU's vessels were active in Saharawi waters.

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