The regional government of Andalusia, Spain has sounded the alarm that the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to annul trade agreements between the EU and Morocco in the areas of fisheries and agriculture will “severely harm” the Andalusian fishing fleet.
The ruling specifically impacts 45 Andalusian vessels that operate using purse seine nets and small-scale fishing methods, most of which are based in the Gulf of Cádiz.
According to Spanish media reports, Ramón Fernández Pacheco, the Andalusian Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, explained that the main fishing grounds used by this Andalusian fleet under the agreement are off the northern coast of Morocco, far from the Western Sahara waters that were the focus of the court case.
