By Diary N’diaye Bâ
On the sidelines of the African Union summit in Nouakchott, Senegal and Mauritania signed new agreements that give Senegalese fishermen 400 licenses to catch 50,000 tonnes of pelagic fish on the high seas.
The one-year renewable agreement, signed after several postponements, aims, among other things, to stabilize the tensions that usually arise between these boatmen and Mauritanian coast guards. For their part, Mauritanians will be redistributed 10 euros for a ton of small pelagic animals caught.
The landing platform originally planned for Ndiago has been brought closer to Boyo, a town located 2.5 kilometers from the border, and Mauritania commits to set up this infrastructure and a road leading to it. The State of Senegal, meanwhile, will take care of the section between the wharf and Saint-Louis.
For the moment, refrigerated trucks will be delivered to the actors for the transport of the resources, while waiting for the construction of the work, planned in a year.
And it is the port of Saint-Louis that will welcome the boats under the supervision of Mauritanian and Senegalese officials for the respect of the tonnage in the context of a contradictory control.
It should also be noted that 6% of catches, ie 24 boats, will be used to supply the Mauritanian market.
