The EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement allows Morocco to benefit from catches that come from Western Saharan waters. The UN classifies Western Sahara as a Non Self-Governing Territory but does not recognise Morocco as having any authority over the region.

 

Letter to the British Government urging them to raise the issue of Western Sahara at the EU’s Fisheries Council 2006

Response

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Letter to the British Government about the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement potentially being in breach of international law 2006

Response from DEFRA    Response from the Foreign Office       Follow up letter 2006     Response

  

Caroline has also asked a number of written questions about this in the European Parliament.