Between peace and prosperity - Fishy motives behind EU policy-making efforts in Western Saharan waters?
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2020

In 2019, the EU and Morocco implemented the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The agreement gives EU vessels right to fish not only in Moroccan waters, but also in waters adjacent to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The SFPA followed on several rulings from the EU Courts, ruling previous trade agreements between the EU and Morocco illegal in their inclusion of the Western Saharan territory given its occupied status. The thesis here aims to analyze how the EU motivated