Article 9
Scientific and technical cooperation
1. The Parties shall cooperate in scientific and technical matters in order to regularly assess the state of fishery resources in Malagasy waters, to contribute to the conservation of the marine environment and to strengthen national research capacities.
2. The Parties shall endeavour to consult each other within the IOTC or other competent RFMOs in order to strengthen the management and conservation of marine biological resources at regional level and cooperate in related scientific research in Madagascar’s fishing zone.
3. The Parties may, where appropriate, agree to hold a joint scientific meeting to discuss any relevant scientific or technical issue in order to ensure that marine biological resources are sustainably exploited.
4. The Parties shall, in the light of the best available and relevant scientific advice, consult each other within the Joint Committee provided for in Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Joint Committee’) in order to adopt, where appropriate and by mutual agreement, measures to achieve the objective referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 10
Economic and social cooperation
1. The Parties undertake to promote economic, technical, technological and commercial cooperation in the fisheries sector and related sectors, including certain areas of the blue economy. They shall consult each other in order to facilitate and promote the various measures that might be taken to this end.
2. The Parties undertake to promote the exchange of information on fishing techniques and gear, preservation methods and the industrial processing and enhancement of fishery products.
3. The Parties shall endeavour to create conditions favourable to the promotion of relations between their enterprises in the technical, technological, economic and commercial spheres by helping to create an environment favourable to the development of business and investment.
4. The Parties shall encourage the promotion of investment in compliance with the Malagasy and EU legislation in force.
5. The Parties shall promote and facilitate landings of catches by Union vessels in Madagascar. Union vessels shall endeavour to give preference to procuring in Madagascar the supplies and services required for their operations.
6. The Parties shall encourage both human and institutional capacity-building in the fisheries sector in order to improve the level of training and develop skills so as to contribute to sustainable fishing activities in Madagascar.
Article 11
Cooperation in the area of monitoring, control and surveillance and combating IUU fishing
1. The Parties undertake to cooperate in the monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) of fishing activities in Madagascar’s fishing zone and to combat IUU fishing with a view to establishing sustainable fishing.
2. Madagascar shall ensure that the provisions concerning monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries, provided for in this Agreement and the Protocol and in Malagasy legislation, are applied effectively. Union vessels shall cooperate with the Malagasy authority responsible for carrying out such operations.
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