Monday, January 9, 2012

Spain - fishermen protest at Barbate as EU scraps fishing accord with Morocco.

Published on Jan 9, 2012 by
http://www.euronews.net/ About 2,000 fishermen and their families were out on the streets of Barbate to express their anger at an EU decision to scrap a fishing accord with Morocco.

The town in southern Spain has a population of around 20,000 and is economically dependent on fishing.

The EU has refused to pay for the annual 36 million euro licence, meaning the Spanish fishermen are banned from Moroccan waters.

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