The fishing opportunities allocated to the Portuguese fleet have been reduced, with its shrimp trawler GRT cut by 65%, well above the overall average cut in GRT.

The fishing opportunities allocated to the Portuguese fleet have been reduced, with its shrimp trawler GRT cut by 65%, well above the overall average cut in GRT.

The Protocol, the provisional application of which was approved by the Council on 19 September 1994, defines the fishing possibilities for the Community fleet off the coast of Angola as follows: - shrimp vessels: 6.550 GRT per month, as an annual average (maximum 22 vessels); - demersal trawlers: 1.900 GRT per month, as an annual average; - bottom set longliner, fixed gillnet: 900 GRT per month, as an annual average; - freezer tuna seiners: 19 vessels; - surface longliners: 5 vessels.

The fishing possibilities defined in the Protocol for the Community fleet off the coast of Angola are as follows: - shrimp vessels: 6.550 GRT per month, as an annual average (maximum 22 vessels); - demersal trawlers: 1.900 GRT per month, as an annual average; - bottom set longliner, fixed gillnet: 900 GRT per month, as an annual average; - freezer tuna seiners: 19 vessels; - surface longliners: 5 vessels.

Gambia's exclusive economic zone, though of limited area given the country's minimal coastline, offers the same multiplicity of species as its enveloping neighbour, Senegal, with which the Community has initialled a fisheries agreement to cover the period 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988, and where French, Spanish, Italian and Greek fleets in particular are engaged in fishing activities/.ANNEX 1 The Protocol provides for the following fishing opportunities: - Freezer tuna seiners: 48,500 GRT - Pole-and-line tuna vessels: 2,900 GRT (with possibility of increase to 3,500 GRT) Longliners (swordfish): 1,200 GRT Trawlers, fresh fish: 7,000 GRT Other vessels, fresh crustaceans: 570 GRT (at the request of the Community) Freezer shrimp trawlers: ...[+++]2,325 GRT (with possibility of increase to 2,575 Freezer trawlers Freezer trawlers, other species: 10,500 GRT In order to protect fisheries resources in the Gambian zone, the agreement limits the trawler fleet's activities, setting the total number of fishing days at 1 900 for fresh fish and 3 100 for freezer trawlers, corresponding to an average of almost 65 days per vessel per year.

The Protocol was initialled on 10 June 1993 and for the period in question grants Community vessels the following fishing opportunities off Mauritania: - Specialized vessels . fishing vessels specializing in crustaceans, with the exception of crawfish: 4 500 GRT/month annual average; . black hake trawlers and bottom longliners: 12 000 GRT/month annual average; . vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls: 2 600 GRT/month annual average; . trawlers fishing for deepwater demersal species other than black hake: 4 200 GRT/month annual average; . pot vessels (crawfish): 300 GRT/month annual aver ...[+++]age.