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"Mr President, we are talking today about a type of fishing, that of highly migratory fish, which requires the European Commission to maintain a strong international presence. To the increasing activity which the European Commission must carry out in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna we can add that which is carried out in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the activity which is required by its participation in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. The Commission’s human resources for this task are altogether insufficient and the sector therefore feels under-represented. Furthermore, neither the Commission nor the Member States affected are carrying out parallel diplomatic work in the search for allies, since there is a lack of a cross-sector focus and a joint vision in the Union’s external relations, which leaves our fishing sector unprotected, which is not the case with the fleets of other fishing powers. In the practical field, we pay the price for this when it comes to decision making or reaching agreements, as happened in relation to the lack of scale on swordfish at the last ICCAT meeting.
We therefore wish to see the creation of a specific unit for highly migratory fish in the Directorate-General for Fisheries. A single text and a single regulation require that we have a single management unit.
In relation to the reports by Mr Varela Suanzes-Carpegna and Mr Piétrasanta, I congratulate both rapporteurs on their wonderful work. The Socialist Group supports the Community meeting all the expenses incurred by the observers, since the representation of the Union in the international fishing organisations falls within its exclusive competence. We also support the request for greater information on the control and monitoring activities carried out within the regional fishing organisations.
My group also supports the amendments in the report by Mr Piétrasanta, whom I congratulate on his very thorough work, including the Latin corrections. I believe there are questionable aspects in his explanatory statement, but we share his concern about the presence of ships flying flags of convenience whose operation does not come under any control. The Community and the RFOs must not hesitate to confront them, because the first to be affected by this type of fishing are the resources and the Community fleet, which complies with the rules of the common fisheries policy.
The Commission must liaise with the sector in order to define the strategy on the management, control and conservation of these highly migratory species. In our view, the strategy must be based on the defence of the historic rights corresponding to our fleet. Commissioner, if the Commission wants an easy negotiation, the simplest thing is to agree with the other States, as happens too often, and give in to States which have no fleet or any real interests.
However, the Community fishing sector has created a market which did not exist before and has made great sacrifices in adapting the fleet to the resources available, and therefore before allocating higher quotas to other countries the quotas corresponding to the Community fleet must be respected.
Lastly, we Socialists believe that the Commission must pursue certain imports, mainly those from Indonesia, which are based on dumping. It is estimated that this type of import, which enter the Community with an export subsidy from Indonesia, amounts to 14 000 tonnes."@en1
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