The Commission has justified the continuation of EU fishing under such circumstances by noting the importance of the tuna canneries in Abidjan to the Côte d’Ivoire economy, suggesting that if the EU were to pull out of the agreement and stop landing tuna for the canneries, the civil strife could be even worse.
The Commission has justified the continuation of EU fishing under such circumstances by noting the importance of the tuna canneries in Abidjan to the Côte d'Ivoire economy, suggesting that if the EU were to pull out of the agreement and stop landing tuna for the canneries, the civil strife could be even worse.