Common Contracts
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The EU and the Republic of Kiribati have initialled a new bilateral Fisheries Agreement for an initial period of three years. This Agreement, which is the first concluded by the EU in the Pacific region, will provide fishing possibilities exclusively...Fisheries Agreement • September 8th, 2021
For the first year of application, 6 purse seine vessels and 12 long-liners will be authorised to fish tuna under the Agreement. As from the second year, fishing possibilities will be levelled at a minimum of 4 purse seiners and 12 long-liners; however, the number of purse seine vessels may be increased to up to 11 vessels according to the management decisions to be taken under the Palau Arrangement for the Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery. This international arrangement, to which Kiribati is a Party, limits the number of vessels which can be licensed to fish in the waters of its Parties in order to control fishing effort in the areas concerned.
