Tunisia joins libya..

[Freedom]

Tunisia has joined Libya in ousting Maltese fishermen from a newly claimed exclusive fishing zone. The decision is set to pave the way for a stronger alliance than ever between the two North African countries and Spanish, French and Japanese fishing giants blamed for depleting the Mediterranean of blue fin tuna.

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2005/07/03/top_story.html

[PERICLES]

Malta may extend its fisheries zone

The government is considering extending Malta's exclusive fishing zone in view of the decisions taken by Libya and Tunisia to extend their own zones, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg announced yesterday.

He said the government would act by legal notice if Parliament was not in session during the summer.

He was speaking at a sitting of the Parliamentary Committee for the Consideration of Bills. Opposition Deputy Leader Charles Mangion immediately suggested a sitting in the full Parliament before the summer recess, saying the government would have the support of the Opposition and the country would be able to show it was united on this issue.

Dr Borg said that foreign fishermen who could not fish in Libyan and Tunisian waters, because of the zones declared by those countries, were coming to Maltese waters instead.

This would be stopped if Malta also extended its own fisheries zone, he said.

The two sides then agreed that, if possible, the first reading of a Bill on the Maltese fishing zone would be given by the House as early as today, with the legislative process being completed before the recess.

Tunisia decided to extend its fishing zone in a sitting of its Parliament on June 21, dealing a fresh blow to Maltese fishermen who have already been excluded from traditional fishing grounds off Libya.

The Tunisian decision was raised during a Cabinet meeting yesterday. Foreign Minister Michael Frendo told The Times afterwards that the government was in close contact with the Tunisian authorities and was keeping all its options open.

"We have been assured by the Tunisians that they will act in terms of the law of the sea and whatever will happen will be in the context of the good relations between Malta and Tunisia," he said.

He told the European and Foreign Affairs committee in the evening that although an enabling act had been approved by the Tunisian Parliament, this was not yet being implemented.

Dr Frendo and Environment Minister George Pullicino held a separate meeting later in the evening to discuss the possible repercussions on Maltese fishermen.

A report in a Tunisian daily newspaper said Parliament had given its go-ahead to a zone that went beyond territorial waters but which fell under national jurisdiction and through which, for example, entry to polluting ships could be prohibited.

Improved business links between Libya and Tunisia in the tuna ranching and tuna-fattening business were highlighted recently in Tunisian press reports. The two North African countries signed a cooperation agreement last May making it possible for the two nations to strike private partnerships in the fisheries and tuna fattening industry.

The Maltese fishermen are already at loggerheads with the Libyan authorities who declared a 62-mile conservation zone that effectively bans them from traditional fishing grounds. Though it made the announcement two months ago, Libya has still not provided the exact coordinates of the limits of its zone.



http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=192278

[malsey]

Hux jaghmel jaghmel. hawn ikakku tahthom meta jghid xi haga il barrani.

[etoile noir]

Malta may extend its fisheries zone
The government is considering extending Malta's exclusive fishing zone in view of the decisions taken by Libya and Tunisia to extend their own zones, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg announced yesterday.

bla bla and yet more bla! what a load of crap and bs

so this minister borg person really expects us to believe that what they didnt manage to achieve in the oil sector, they'll achieve with lampuki? :confused:

no dear minister. given a choice i'm sure we'd all prefer oil, however if you insist, we'll accept the fish too. thanking you kindly, of course :rolleyes:

[Artist]

Ministru, ma tohrogx is-sottomarini taghna.

[pifloyd]

That's why the Tunisian president was in Malta recently then:

Source: http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/gp/article_6249.shtml
Jun 2, 2005

Maltese Prime Minister Dr. Lawrence Gonzi and Tunisian President M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali signed a Friendship, Good Neighbourhood and Cooperation Treaty providing bilateral cooperation in all spheres. The treaty was signed during a state visit by the Tunisian President on Thursday. The Tunisian President also met Maltese counterpart Dr. Edward Fenech Adami.

During a meeting with the Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta, President M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali noted with satisfaction the number of high-level visits between the two countries as well as the fruitful political consultations Malta and Tunisia share.

The Tunisian President and Maltese Prime Minister agreed to consolidate friendly and close relations between Malta and Tunisia, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in all spheres and to further cooperate on regional and international issues of common interest. The two parties agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation , particularly, economic and commercial ties, agriculture and fisheries, (yeah right!) education and culture, environmental protection, waste management, tourism, communications and information technology.

[Angelfish]

l isbah wahda imma kienet illi il gvern ta Malta sar jaf bid-double crossing ta Tunes, mhux minn ghand xi ambaxxatur Malti go Tunes imma min ghand il Maltatoday reporter li kien qara din il bicca ahbar min xi gazzetta gharbija! see last Sunday's Malta today.Two days later Min Frendo said that it was not so.
:o ;) :)

Mela mhux l EU u Gheddafi biss qed jitmejjlu bir rapresentanti tal poplu Malti, imma anke it Tunezini!!!!
U issa issajjieda Maltin jekk iridu jistadu, imorru bil kopp go xi fossa tad-drenagg, ghax hemm biss issa jistghu imorru! U is-suldati taghna issa saru verament kaz ta "sajjieda tan nies" bhal appostli ta Kristu.

U ghal min ma jafx.....
tafu il ghala dawn l erbat ijiem ma tfaccawx irregolai godda fostna?
Bhal issa hdejn il bajja ta Sirte hemm il konferenza tal ministri afrikani ,ghalhekk! Kif jispicca is-summit , it will be business as usual for Gheddafi with irregulars being shipped over to Malta from Sirte on a regular basis with our ever obliging NGOs waiting for them with outstretched arms.

[atheist]

Our goverment is in despair, our island is crying for salvation, all maltese feel drowning as it is the time in wich years of mismanagment and over spending are coming to surface, the time in wich sweet lies don`t work anymore, in wich the people feel the rope tghighting. And so the gonz and friends are not inh a position to negotiate any thing internationally as the answer they will get is go away and fix your finances before opening your mouth you fucken broken looser and so anything goes away with that.

[Gladiator]

l isbah wahda imma kienet illi il gvern ta Malta sar jaf bid-double crossing ta Tunes, mhux minn ghand xi ambaxxatur Malti go Tunes imma min ghand il Maltatoday reporter li kien qara din il bicca ahbar min xi gazzetta gharbija! see last Sunday's Malta today.Two days later Min Frendo said that it was not so.
:o ;) :)

Mela mhux l EU u Gheddafi biss qed jitmejjlu bir rapresentanti tal poplu Malti, imma anke it Tunezini!!!!
U issa issajjieda Maltin jekk iridu jistadu, imorru bil kopp go xi fossa tad-drenagg, ghax hemm biss issa jistghu imorru! U is-suldati taghna issa saru verament kaz ta "sajjieda tan nies" bhal appostli ta Kristu.

U ghal min ma jafx.....
tafu il ghala dawn l erbat ijiem ma tfaccawx irregolai godda fostna?
Bhal issa hdejn il bajja ta Sirte hemm il konferenza tal ministri afrikani ,ghalhekk! Kif jispicca is-summit , it will be business as usual for Gheddafi with irregulars being shipped over to Malta from Sirte on a regular basis with our ever obliging NGOs waiting for them with outstretched arms.

Good one Angelfish! Prosit. You are a good intelligence gathering officer. (CIA)
How apporpriate, no boats made it to Malta in these days. Big Chiefs had their paw paw under the tent! Why would they let the boats leave with the exposure they get from the news media, will make the Africans idiots look like buffoons!

Now Libya cannot say that they cannot control their boarders! They know all about the boats, when they leave and to where they are going.

What a shame. Wake up Malta before it is too late. Why doesn't this government resign and call it quits!:mad: