The European Union (EU) has rejected a proposal by Tanzania to restart negotiations on a tuna fishing zone beyond the 12 nautical miles from the latter's coast. In contention was the fact that Tanzania has refused to allow the EU to control and do surveillance and monitoring on its fishing sites. Tanzania refused to sign the agreement because of the minimal benefits it was going to receive from the EU compared with the 8,000 tonnes of tuna fish that will be harvested.