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"Allow me to remind you that I had the opportunity to report on the Swedish Presidency’s priorities where fisheries are concerned in my reply to the question put during the European Parliament’s January part-session. The presidency also had the privilege of appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries on 6 February 2001, when we gave an exhaustive presentation of our priorities within the fisheries sector.
A question concerning what the presidency has done to promote the interests of fishermen and the fishing industry is, on the one hand, very general and wide-ranging, because it does not prioritise any particular measures or policy areas. On the other hand, it is also of limited scope because the common fisheries policy ought to include farther reaching considerations than the interests of fishermen and the fishing industry here and now.
The Swedish Presidency’s overriding priority is, and remains, that of ensuring that the fisheries sector is accorded robust and sustainable development through re-establishing a balance between fleet capacity and fishing activity, on the one hand, and accessible fishing stocks on the other. The Swedish ministers for agriculture and fisheries explained in detail in February how important it is to take a general view of the common fisheries policy, to have a more effective policy for the fishing fleet now that the current multiannual guidance programmes have ceased to apply, to devise a strategy for integrating environmental considerations into the common fisheries policy, to apply the precautionary principle and to have multiannual strategies for establishing Total Allowable Catches.
On 20 March, the Commission submitted its green paper on the future of the multiannual guidance programmes and, on 16 March, its communication about the integration of environmental protection requirements into the multiannual guidance programmes. A programme of measures to promote biological diversity in the fishing industry was expected to be available from 28 March, that is to say last week. At its meeting in December 2000, the Council also began its debate on the Commission’s communication concerning the application of the precautionary principle and multiannual agreements for establishing annual allowable catches.
It is the presidency’s intention to progress as far as possible with this work at the Council’s meetings on 25 April and 18 June 2001. We also hope that we shall be able to present parts of an integration strategy in anticipation of the European Council in Gothenburg in June.
Following the Council meeting in December 2000, work has progressed on establishing recovery plans for cod and hake in Community waters. The Commission’s regulations on cod in the North Sea already exist, and measures regarding hake are under consideration. Moreover, we shall soon be embarking on the second phase, in which improved technical measures will be established where these species are concerned.
The Council has adopted a regulation establishing measures to be applied during 2001 for the purpose of restoring cod stocks in the Irish Sea. It will also shortly be adopting a further amendment to the regulation concerning certain technical measures designed to conserve fish stocks. The amendment will ensure greater selectivity in fishing, as well as the protection of young fish.
The Council has also recently adopted a mandate for the Commission to negotiate a cooperation agreement on fisheries with the Russian Federation."@en1
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