In fisheries, there is also good co-operation through a bilateral fisheries agreement, concluded in 1993, and within regional fisheries organisations such as the north-west Atlantic fisheries organisation (NAFO) or the north-east Atlantic fisheries commission (NEAFC).

It will also be active on the high seas under international control and inspection schemes agreed within the framework of Regional Fisheries Organisations such as the North-west Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) or the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC).

We therefore support the Dolphin-Safe labelling of the AIDCP, the intergovernmental body which includes the European Union amongst its members; we call for transparency and clarity for consumers; we condemn illegal fishing – IUU – the flags of convenience which shelter it and we support the regional fisheries organisations and the Commission's role in them, we propose the creation of other new ones and we also request the maintenance and extension of the network of international tuna fishing agreements, given the highly migratory nature of these species and the guarantee that these international fisheries agreements represent for respo ...[+++]nsible fishing in the face of private agreements.

9. Calls on the Commission, whilst increasing its duties and responsibilities within the regional fisheries organisations, and taking into account the large number of organisations which implement arrangements for migratory species, the fact that most of the new regional organisations whose creation is called for have as their main if not sole purpose the regulation of fishing for this type of species, and in view of the responsibility deriving from the European Union's ratification of the New York Agreement on straddling stocks and highly migratory fish species, to create a new unit for major migratory species as part of the establishme ...[+++]nt plan for the Directorate-General for Fisheries;

) the financing of scientific and technical programmes (equipment, infrastructure, improved fisheries-related administrative and training structures, etc.) to increase knowledge of the fishery resources in Comorian waters: ECU 250 000, 2) support for the structures responsible for fisheries surveillance: ECU 70 000, 3) institutional support to the Ministry responsible for fisheries: ECU 50 000, 4) the financing of study grants, practical training courses or seminars in the various scientific, technical and economic fields linked to fishing: ECU 60 000, 5) the Comoros' contribution to the international fisheries organisations: ECU 70 000, 6) the ...[+++] expenses of Comorian delegates participating in international meetings concerning fisheries: ECU 40 000.

These waters are termed the NAFO Regulatory Area and responsibility for the management of the fisheries resources is that of the international fisheries organisation established for that purpose, namely, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO).