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"Mr President, I should like to express our support for Mr Varela’s report and, at the same time, thank the Chairman of the Committee on Fisheries for being so cooperative in the Committee. Technical measures in order, especially, to protect juvenile fish– and thus secure the quantities which can be fished in the future – may be necessary. Up until now, measures have consisted of reductions in quotas, minimum mesh sizes for nets and fishing bans in certain periods. It stands to reason that such measures and arrangements should be modified in the light of new needs and knowledge. What is new is that the fisheries in which sand eel are caught off the north-east coast of England and the east coast of Scotland are to become protected areas. The reason for this is the low breeding rate of the kittiwake in recent years. Denmark is the Member State which will be most affected by this limitation, which will reduce many fishermen’s potential catches and, in that way, affect their livelihood. As a matter of form, I would point out that Denmark has agreed to this technical measure for a limited period. I should like to ask the Commission if the fishermen have been compensated for their losses or been directed to other likely fishing grounds. Because bird colonies are affected by many factors in addition to fishing, I wish to propose that the Committee on Fisheries be included in future discussions about closures or limitations on quotas against the background of what is happening on land. What I want is for us to have the opportunity to look in depth at the different factors of relevance to bird colonies and, in that connection, to discuss the bird colonies’ influence on catch sizes in relation to the principle set out under the common fisheries policy whereby the fishing industry is to be safeguarded through the optimum exploitation of marine resources."@en1
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