Angola on fishing off Angola, (90/409/EEC), No L 208/41, July 7, 1990. 



115. U.S. Embassy, Windhoek, November 2, 1990. An attempt to regulate fishing was begun in 1969 by the 

 FAO and later with the creation of ICSEAF in 1978. 



116. The Spanish fleet included 155 vessels of the National Association of Hake Freezer Trawler Owners 

 (ANAMER) based out of Vigo, Spain. There were also 40 ships operating with a Spanish association identified 

 as ASPE and 7 with ANAC for a total of 202 Spanish ships. Eurofish Report, April 26, 1990, p. FS/1 and 

 Fishing News International, 1990. 



117. ECU 100 million. Eurofish Report, May 24, 1990. 



118. U.S. Embassy, Windhoek, November 2, 1990. 



119. U.S. Embassy, Windhoek, April 16, 1991. 



120. However, on April 14, 1993, the Congolese registered Loukoula was boarded and seized by Namibian 

 fisheries inspectors for fishing without a license inside Namibia's EEZ. The vessel was escorted to Luderitz 

 where the senior officers, all Spanish nationals, were taken to court. The Loukoula was reportedly owned by a 

 Spanish company and registered in Panama in 1992, but was officially registered by Pepimex Company of 

 Pointe Noire in the Congo in 1993. 



121. "Fish wars: Namibians catch a Congolese boat, while Europeans restrict their markets," U.S. Embassy 

 Windhoek, April 20, 1993. 



122. "Fish wars: Namibians catch a Congolese boat, while Europeans restrict their markets," U.S. Embassy 

 Windhoek, April 20, 1993. 



123. "Namibian pilchards for canned products," Seafood News, June 1993, p. 6. 



124. "Namibian pilchards for canned products," Seafood News, June 1993, p. 6. 



125. Official Journal of the European Communities, "Council Decision of 22 March 1990 authorizing the 

 Portuguese Republic to extend until 8 April 1991 the agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic 

 of South Africa," (90/149/EEC), No. L 81/37, March 28, 1990. 



126. Coimcil Decision of 6 April 1993 authorizing the Kingdom of Spain to extend until 7 March 1994 the 

 Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa (93/205/EEC), Official Journal of the 

 European Communities, No L 88/45, April 8, 1993 and Council Decision of 6 April 1993 authorizing the 

 Portuguese Republic to extend until 7 March 1994 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic 

 of South Africa (93/206/EEC), Official Journal of the European Communities, No L 88/46, April 8, 1993. 



127. The companies involved are Neptune Trawlers, Pict Holdings, and the South Atlantic Fishing Company. 

 Neptune and Pict operate out of Durban. It is not known where the three vessels operated by the South Atlantic 

 Fishing Company are based. S.R. Fordham, Chief Marine Surveyor, Cayman Islands, personal 

 communications, June 4, 1993. 



128. U.S. Embassy, Maputo, March 23, 1983. 



129. Official Journal of the European Communities, "Council Regulation (EEC) No 2143/87 of 13 July 1987 

 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government 

 of the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations," No. 1 201/1, July 22, 1987. This agreement 



41 



