The Senegalese and Bissau Guinean governments will in January 2016 begin a new round of negotiations towards the signing of a new protocol of maritime fishing, a statement from the Senegalese ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy issued on Wednesday indicates.
The two ministers agreed to open of a new round of talks with the view to signing of a new protocol for the application of the convention on maritime fishing between Senegal and Guinea Bissau. The negotiations due to last three months with three rounds will kick off as early as January 2016 and end in mid-March 2016, the statement observed.
The bid comes on the heels of a meeting of experts of the two countries on 26 and 27 December in Bissau after which, the 14 December 2013 protocol implementing the agreement between Guinea Bissau and Senegal on maritime fishing sealed in Dakar on 22 December, 1978 was extended for three months.
According to both parties, the extension of the protocol confirms their desire to maintain and strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of marine fisheries.
They furthermore reaffirmed their commitment to ensure sustainable fisheries development in the two countries taking into account the need to review and deepen the provisions of the protocol.
Star Africa, 2015