The European Union's rights to fish in the waters off the disputed territory of the Western Sahara is up for debate before its renewal early next year.
The French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire is set to ask the European Commission to permit French fishers to fish for bluefin tuna for a further 48 hours.
Chinese fishermen, who were released on Wednesday after spending six days in captivity, were on their way to Yaounde on Thursday, according to the AFP news agency.
The Australian government has called for an immediate end to scientific whaling, in a proposal presented to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday.
The European Commission is proposing a ban on commercial bluefin tuna fishing to save the fish from possible extinction, but several countries strongly oppose the move.
