Today, Thursday in Nouakchott, the Minister of Fishing and Marine Economy in the Mauritanian government, Mokhtar Al-Husseini Lamm, and his Senegalese counterpart, Pape Senia Mbe, chaired a session of discussions for the two countries’ experts in the field of fishing.
This meeting is part of the activities of the Senegalese Minister within the framework of the visit he began last evening to Mauritania for two days, with the aim of following up on the implementation of the protocol of the fishing agreement between Mauritania and Senegal, which was signed on the 14th of last July for a period of one year.
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Economy, Mukhtar Al-Husseini Lam, said that this visit will be an opportunity to strengthen the existing cooperation between our two countries, and will allow it to be deepened and refined to broader horizons.
He added, “Thanks to the continuous efforts that lasted for several months, Mauritania and Senegal were able together, during the recent visit of the Senegalese minister to Mauritania in July 2023, to overcome all difficulties and renew the protocol for implementing the agreement signed on February 25, 2001 in Nouakchott.”
He said that the Nouakchott meeting today will be an opportunity to discuss cooperation in the field of fishing and the marine economy, and will allow the two sides to exchange views and proposals in order to develop the necessary measures to implement this protocol for the benefit of citizens in both Mauritania and Senegal, noting that the experts who meet today will study in detail the technical and applied procedures and present to us Suitable solutions to implement the protocol.
For his part, His Excellency the Senegalese Minister of Fishing and Marine Economy, Bab Senia Mbe, affirmed the Senegalese government’s commitment to the terms of the agreement and respect for Mauritanian laws, stressing that the fines applied to violations must be paid to Mauritania, and that it must be adhered to unloading 6% of the quantities caught in Mauritanian ports.
In July 2023, the two countries signed an agreement granting Senegal 500 licenses to catch 50,000 tons of small pelagic fish at nominal prices, representing the payment of access rights to resources and compliance with applicable Mauritanian regulations.
