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". – Mr President, Commissioner, this proposal for a Council regulation concerns the prolongation of the fisheries protocol which has been in force between the EU and Senegal for the period of 1 May 1997 to 30 April 2001. The prolongation concerns two periods. The first period is from 1 May 2001 until 31 July and the second from 1 August 2001 to 31 December. After several rounds of negotiations starting in Brussels in January 2001 no agreement was reached between the EU and Senegal on the renewal of the current protocol. Last June, Senegal suspended negotiations until October in order to gain time to analyse the fisheries issues and their effects. Breaking off the negotiations did not have the same negative impact as it had at the end of 1996 when all fisheries were suspended. This time there has been no suspension and good sense has prevailed on both sides.
According to estimates by Senegal's research institute, which was carried out in 1996, the available resources at that time would permit catches of some 465 000 tonnes. However, recent scientific analysis has shown that, in spite of the satisfactory utilisation rates in this segment, coastal demersal resources have plummeted and have forced the small-scale and industrial fleet to fish in neighbouring countries. Of course, sustainable fishing is one of the leading principles of the common fisheries policy. Signals about the critical state of some fish stocks must be taken into account by both parties when negotiations are resumed.
Until the date of resumption of negotiations, the Senegalese Government is carrying out a new study to determine the country's present fisheries potential. Since the question of durable management was one of the breaking points at the negotiations, the Senegalese Government will make use of the results of this study later this year in negotiating with the EU.
The fisheries possibilities and the financial contribution from the Community have remained unchanged. The compensation to be paid by the Community for the eight months of this year will be calculated on a pro rata basis, meaning that the compensation for the period 1 May until the end of the year will be two-thirds of the yearly sum of EUR 12 million. That payment has to be made by the end of the year.
I believe, as does the Committee on Fisheries, that it is important for Community fishermen that this agreement be renewed after 31 December of this year when the current prolongation expires. The renewal of the protocol is now more important than ever in terms of fishing opportunities, after the failure to reach agreement with Morocco. I am not trying to compare the opportunities in Senegal with Morocco, but the fact is that there are other opportunities there. We cannot compare them because the protocol with Morocco would have involved EUR 500 million over a four-year period. When, therefore, we consider the recently signed agreement with Mauritania, costing EUR 430 million over five years, the Senegal agreement is very modest in financial terms.
In the light of all these considerations, I can recommend this report to the House."@en1
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