Acknowledging the results of the EU-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement Joint Scientific Committee meeting, held beginning of April, Mauritanian civil society organisations, as well as organisations supporting them,- including CFFA-, issued a joint communication in which they emphasize these results confirm that the changes introduced in the provisionnally adopted FPA protocol are in support of sustainable fisheries, in particular with regard to the octopus, small pelagics and coastal shrimps resources.