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"Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Pérez Royo for his report and the efficient conduct of business in committee. He had our full support. But we have some reservations. In this policy of buying, on behalf of Community fleets, fish from third countries, I often ask myself whether it might not be better to spend the money in another way, in the interests of the regions which we set out to help. I have no difficulty whatsoever with the need to develop the fishing ports that are, in many ways, hard-pressed through restructuring and depleted stocks. I have no difficulty with the original political decision of the European Union to help the regions, particularly those of Spain and Portugal, that are highly or partly dependent on fishing.
But I have a serious problem about dealing with countries like the Comoros, which has a population of half-a-million people, and a GDP per capita of USD 700. I cannot believe that these people have any capacity whatsoever to police their waters or in any way manage their stocks. We are obviously sending – as the rapporteur pointed out – something like 65 vessels (mostly Spanish and French) into these waters. These vessels catch 40 000 tonnes of fish. How can anybody have any control over what they do or what they bring back? I tend to believe that, to put it bluntly, this is a licence to plunder.
First of all, I would like a proper evaluation, as Mr Pérez Royo requested, an economic evaluation and a cost-benefit analysis on behalf of the Union. I would like to take it further and have a social evaluation of the money we spend, to find out whether or not we contribute to the improvement of the economic and social situation of certain regions in Spain or France, where this money is supposed to go, or whether in fact we just give a licence to a small number of people, who control quite a lot of capital, to exploit the waters of a country which is in no position to control its own resources.
That is my main concern. I would prefer to take this money and spend it in the regions concerned, in Spain, Portugal or France, and spend it in such a way that we have direct control over the development we promote and in a way that we could be sure would be sustainable – for fish farming or alternative industries, perhaps.
Nevertheless I support the report. Mr Pérez Royo represents the view of the committee on this."@en1
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