Officially reacting to the proposal for a Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the EU, the Mauritanian fishing sector from Nouadhibou (one of the two main fishing centres in Mauritania) expressed its support for the following elements of the proposal, which ‘answer the hopes and essential concerns’ of the Mauritanian fishing sector and ‘make a definite break with past practices’:

the ban of foreign fishing on octopus;

the payments to be made according to quantities of fish caught;

New zoning to be put in place and the use of fishing techniques in line with responsible fisheries

the increase of the proportion of nationals to be embarked on board EU vessels