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Mr President, since we had no choice, the Committee on the Environment decided, with one abstention and a large majority in favour, that only the balance of the marine ecosystem – as other Members have said – is going to guarantee employment in fishing in the future, and the fleet ought to be brought into line with the existing resources. As the rapporteur said, we must overcome the failure of the current CFP. All of us who live in coastal regions know that biological rest periods, prohibited areas, dimensions of nets, TACs, etc. do not improve the situation and that the proposal made in the Green Paper does not go any way towards improving it.
We in the Committee on the Environment believe that we must take action on sources of pollution, of which there are many – industrial pollution, huge pressure from tourism, which we in our country understand very well – action on special ecosystems such as those which we have in our country, like the estuaries, action on oil refineries and other plants which act in opposition to what we want to see.
We need social, environmental and economic indicators that guarantee that actions are effective, as well as accompanying social measures and incentives aimed at sustainable fishing practices, such as the small-scale fishing which takes place on our nearest coasts. We must respect the cautionary principle, which is well defined in the code of conduct of the FAO and in the United Nations agreement.
We must increase consumer confidence by acting not only on traditional fishing, but also on aquaculture. There must also be information and increased awareness, as well as the participation of the citizens and the sectors involved so that the measures to be adopted in those sectors may be successful, as well as the participation of local and regional authorities. And control and monitoring – as the rapporteur said – of the measures adopted, because otherwise there will be inequality between the various countries.
Mr President, in our view, we must not forget that greater fleet capacity does not guarantee employment. Employment has fallen by 19% in the productive sector and by 10% over recent years in the processing sector. We must therefore act to eliminate this contradiction."@en1
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