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"Madam President, I congratulate Mr Nicholson on his excellent report.
He pointed out that in order to be effective such measures require the support of fishermen and scientists who live and work in an area. This may well prove to be a vital trail-blazer for the strategy of devolved management of fisheries which all of us have been discussing in the context of the reform of the CFP. It has become increasingly evident that fishermen and scientists working in a specific fishery will more readily adhere to rules and regulations that they themselves have conceived, rather than Brussels hand-me-downs.
The major fisheries organisations in the UK – the Scottish Fishermen's Federation and the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations – which, between them represent the interests of 1900 vessels, both support the concept of zonal management. Fishermen are also deeply concerned that such rules and regulations may be interpreted and applied differently by fishing vessels from different Member States. That is why again, zonal fisheries management which involves all fishermen working in a common fishery will ensure that the rules are applied fairly and squarely across the board.
This report is timely, as cod stocks are not only diminishing rapidly in the Irish Sea but are in spiral decline around all the waters of the United Kingdom. Some years ago when the House of Commons in London drew up an agreement which effectively ended the cod war between the UK and Iceland, it was famously referred to as "the piece of cod which passeth all understanding". Hopefully this report will mark the beginning of the recovery of cod stocks in the Irish Sea and will pave the way to the future."@en1
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