for payments of $6 million in two annual 

 installments.'"^ 



 Ivory Coast: The Ivory Coast is important to EC 

 fishery interests. Several EC tuna seiners operate out 

 of Abidjan and substantial quantities of tuna are 

 landed there for processing by canneries operated by 

 EC interests. The EC and the Ivory Coast reached a 

 fisheries agreement in August 1990, which permitted 

 54 tuna seiners and 35 pole-and-line or longliners as 

 well as an unspecified number of freezer-trawlers to 

 fish in Ivorian waters. The EC and the Ivory Coast 

 extended the agreement until January 1994. The EC 

 agreed to pay $35.8 million for the right to fish, 

 including payments for scientific research, stock 

 studies, training of fishermen, and other studies.'"^ 

 The agreement allows 89 tuna vessels to fish in 

 Ivorian waters. 



 Sao Tome and Principe: EC and Sao Tome 

 officials initialed a 3-year fisheries agreement on 

 September 1, 1983, allowing 27 French tuna vessels 

 permission to fish in their waters. The EC agreed to 

 pay for access to these waters."" The agreement was 

 extended on December 3, 1986. The EC-Sao Tome 

 agreement was again extended, from June 1, 1990, to 

 May 31, 1993, in an exchange of letters which 

 permitted 46 tuna seiners and 5 pole-and-line tuna 

 vessels to fish in Sao Tome waters. The EC pledged 

 $2.1 million in compensation in exchange for fishing 

 rights for 40 tuna seiners and 8 pole-and-line tuna 

 vessels.'"^ The agreement was extended until May 

 31, 1996.'°* 



 Equatorial Guinea: EC and Equatorial Guinean 

 officials initialed a 3 -year agreement on June 27, 

 1983. The agreement allowed 27 EC vessels (mostly 

 French and Italian) to fish for tuna in exchange for 

 financial assistance to develop the nation's 

 fisheries.'"^ This agreement was extended on June 

 25, 1963, for an additional 3 years. The new accord 

 allowed EC vessels to fish for shrimp as well as tuna. 

 A total of 48 tuna vessels and 1 1 pole-and-line tuna 

 vessels were allowed to operate.'"* A third renewal, 

 covering the period between June 27, 1989, and June 

 28, 1992, was signed on June 2, 1989. The 

 agreement permits 40 tuna purse seiners and 30 

 longliners to operate, and shrimping continued under 

 the renewed accord."* This agreement was also 

 extended until June 1992. The latest agreement 

 allows 80 tuna vessels to operate along with stem 



trawlers in exchange for $7.9 million in EC 

 payments. 



 Gabon: The EC and Gabon initialed a fisheries 

 agreement on February 26, 1988, in Libreville. The 

 3 -year agreement takes effect on April 15, 1988, and 

 provides for 54 tuna seiners and 12 longliners. The 

 agreement also provides 15,000 tons for EC freezer 

 trawlers. The EC agreed to payments of $1 1 million 

 in compensation for access to Gabon's waters."" 



5. Southern Africa 



 Angola: Angola has a much larger coastline than 

 the West African countries and very significant 

 fishery resources. Before independence, the 

 Portuguese, including Portuguese residents in Angola, 

 conducted a major fishery in Angola. As a result of 

 the civil war in Angola the fishing industry has 

 declined disastrously. The EC concluded an 2-year 

 agreement with Angola permitting EC fishing on May 

 3, 1987. The agreement replaces a bilateral 

 agreement between Spain and Angola. The 

 agreement provides for 25 tuna seiners and for an 

 unspecified number of shrimp trawlers to harvest 

 10,000 tons of fish and shrimp in Angolan waters in 

 exchange for $25 million.'" The two sides 

 subsequently extended the agreement from May 3, 

 1989, to May 2, 1990, in an exchange of letters."^ 

 The extended agreement allowed EC vessels to catch 

 5,000 tons of shrimp a year and to harvest tuna using 

 28 vessels. An additional 3 trawlers and 2 longliners 

 were to fish on an experimental basis. "^ The 

 agreement was extended on May 3, 1990, to May 2, 

 1992. The new agreement provided access for 24 

 shrimp trawlers, 28 tuna freezing vessels, and 5 tuna 

 seiners. The EC agreed to pay $20 million to Angola 

 for these fishing rights."'' 



 Namibia: Namibia is one of the key countries for 

 EC fishery interests. Spanish vessels began fishing 

 off the coast of Namibia in 1962, when Pescanova's 

 Andrade was first deployed. Many other foreign-flag 

 vessels enter the important groundfish fishery off the 

 Namibian coast. South Africa administered Namibia 

 under a United Nations mandate, but the U.N. 

 terminated that mandate in 1966. While South Africa 

 continued to administer Namibia, it declined to 

 extend a 200-mile zone for Namibia when it declared 

 a 200-mile zone for South Africa proper."^ 

 According to Namibian Fisheries Permanent 



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