Category Archives: Fisheries exploitation

European Parliament’s lawyers declare EU fishing in Western Sahara illegal

Press release: Brussels, 23 February 2010
In a previously confidential legal opinion, the European Parliament’s Legal Service has declared fishing by European vessels in Western Sahara’s waters to be in violation of international law.

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Cate Lewis, vice-president of AWSA, presents petition to the IVth UN Decolonization Committee

Cate Lewis, Vice President of Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) has presented a petition to the IVth UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee from Western Sahara Resource Watch & on behalf of the Australia Western Sahara Association. Read full petition>>

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Sign the petition: Stop the EU fisheries in Western Sahara!

The EU is paying Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. Protest by signing this petition.
Published: 06.11 – 2009
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To the European Commissioner for Fisheries,
No state in the world has recognised the Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara. Still, the EU is paying millions of Euros annually to the Government of Morocco to allow EU vessels to fish in the waters of Western Sahara. The EU fisheries activities in Western Sahara must immediately come to an end.
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Declaration confirms exclusive rights to offshore resources

The declaration on 21 January 2009 of an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), the sovereign authority for Western Sahara, confirms its exclusive rights to the oil, gas and fisheries resources offshore of the territory of Western Sahara. Already recognized by over 80 countries, the SADR’s declaration of an EEZ is a further step toward full statehood, consistent with international law.
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SADR DECLARES OFFSHORE ZONES

MEDIA RELEASE, January 2009
The Government of Western Sahara declared an offshore exclusive economic zone (EEZ) making official its exclusive rights to the oil, gas and fisheries resources offshore of the territory of Western Sahara.

The EEZ law, delineating the exclusive economic zone and the maritime areas of the SADR, was unanimously adopted by the Saharawi National Council (parliament) on 21 January 2009.
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PRESS RELEASE Melbourne, Madrid, Brussels 9th of December 2008

Western Sahara Resource Watch
The former UN Legal Counsel, Ambassador Hans Corell, calls the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) illegal. Western Sahara Resource Watch demands immediate halt to European plundering of occupied Western Sahara.
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Maori Party calls for ethical investment in fisheries

Written by Hone Harawira Thursday, 08 May 2008

Following the revelations in New Zealand media that the fishing company Sealord is involved in marketing fish from occupied Western Sahara, the Maori Party has now released a statement. Sealord is half Maori owned. Read their statement here.

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Now the Kiwis get involved in fish plundering too

New Zealand, a country which already is a main ally to Morocco in buying the phosphates from the occupied Western Sahara, now also proves to be involved in the distribution of the territory’s fish resources.

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