Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-23-Speech-3-320"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:CITES2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021023.8.3-320"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-23-Speech-3-3212
lpv:speaker	lp:Rosa Miguélez Ramos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PECH (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am going to comment on paragraph 3 of this motion for a resolution and, specifically, on the species with the scientific name of which is known as the Patagonian or Antarctic toothfish. The is of great commercial value (it is known as ‘black gold’) and its balance is very delicate. The Committee on Fisheries, of which I am a member, has produced three reports on this resource and I am rapporteur for the one which relates to the creation of a system for documenting catches. Today I would like to argue to the House that it should not be included on the CITES list, for the following reasons: we cannot forget that there is already an international organisation – the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, which from now on I will refer to by its initials, CAMELAR – which, for twenty years, has been successfully dealing with the preservation of this and other species in the Antarctic Ocean. The Community is a contracting party to this Convention. The proposal to include in the CITES Convention did not come from us but from Australia. Neither we nor – as far as I know – the Commission oppose this; we simply believe that it would be more useful for CAMELAR itself to take this decision at its annual assembly, which is taking place this week and next week in Chile, and in which the European Parliament will be represented by Mr Stevenson, the chairman of the Committee on Fisheries. Following tough negotiations, CAMELAR has now incorporated Canada and Mauritius with the status of associate members. Together with the United States, Canada is the main commercial destination of the species and Mauritius, a significant place of transit. Their entry into CAMELAR gives this international organisation control of 98% of the world trade in . For us, CITES would be useful as a complement to CAMELAR. But we must be cautious, because – if our decision-making moves faster than the natural course of events – we could unintentionally cause unwanted contrary effects, weakening an organisation that, during its long life, has done a great amount of good work with regard to the Antarctic marine environment, which is extremely delicate. We must concentrate our efforts, not disperse them, and we must increase our presence in multilateral fisheries organisations, which is the only way to respond to the challenges that the preservation of fish species confront us with on a world scale."@en1
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