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"Mr President, under the pretext of extending MAGP IV for a further year so that it will coincide with the expected reform of the CFP, the Commission's intention was further to tighten up this instrument, which has become as disastrous for our small-scale fishing industry as it is ineffective in terms of regulating fishing. Thanks to the efforts of Mrs Attwooll and the Committee on Fisheries, I hope we have avoided the most unfair and dangerous aspects of this tougher line; more generally, however, the very principle of MAGPs needs to be questioned now. The professionals have never accepted this bureaucratic, brutal system, which is totally alien to the traditions and culture of the maritime world. Experience also shows that this instrument is crude, unfair, redundant and costly. Its negative effects are well-known and, coupled with the blocking of aid for new construction, it bolsters the second-hand market and dissuades young people from going into jobs connected with fishing. Within the framework of the debate in progress on reforming the CFP, we must therefore give absolute priority to the system of TACs and quotas. That has to be the instrument used to keep catches in line with resources. The new CFP must be based on the quota mechanism, which we need to fine-tune by putting it on a multiannual basis, making it more transparent and more scientific, relating it more closely to the fishing zones, closely involving the professionals and monitoring it effectively and fairly. Mr President, Commissioner, let us forget MAGPs and perfect the quota system; then we will be doing a good job."@en1

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