Greenpeace: El PE debe decir NO a la pesca en el Sahara Occidental
Greenpeace Internacional ha lanzado un informe en el que se documenta el aumento cada vez mayor de la flota marroquí privada en el Sáhara Occidental. La combinación de esa flota con un nuevo acuerdo de pesca de la Unión Europea con Marruecos no es sostenible, según Greenpeace, que pide al Parlamento Europeo que rechace la renovación del acuerdo para pescar en aguas del territorio ocupado.Source: http://www.wsrw.org/lES
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