The Port Authority of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria confirmed that Key Bay vessel, which docked on Saturday in the port of La Luz and has already left for France, is transporting fish oil from Western Sahara, according to an inspection carried out by the Civil Guard.
Port Authority sources told the EFE news agency that the ship loaded the fish oil in El-Aaiun, the capital of Western Sahara, and also in Nouadhibu, Mauritania, and entered Gran Canaria port for fuel supply. They also indicated that the Civil Guard's registration of the cargo and documents did not result in any incidents.
The inspection carried out by the Civil Guard was due to a complaint submitted by parties Equo and Izquierda Unida Canaria (IUC), who requested that the vessel be held because its cargo is considered illegal, since a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of The European Union prohibits the inclusion of Saharawi products in the Community trade agreement with Morocco.
Civil Guard spokespersons informed EFE that no reasons were found for the detention of the ship and that the inspection report, which was carried out in coordination with the Customs Administration, has been communicated to the European database so that Member States know that the ship complies with the regulations required.
UIC had alerted the arrival of the vessel to the port of La Luz as well as that it could contain fish oil from Western Sahara for illegal export to the EU, after receiving a notice from Western Sahara Resource Watch, an international observatory of the resources of Western Sahara integrated by organizations and activists.
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