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"Mr President, it is very sad that we are having this debate tonight and that we need to give GBP 150 million in funding to help the fishing industry. It is because of the failure of the common fisheries policy that we are having to provide this money.
We should also look at industrial fishing - and I know there are mixed views about this - in which sand eels are extracted from the sea bed. Sand eels are part of the food chain of the cod and these things are all linked. The process of having quotas for fish and throwing healthy fish overboard over the years has also contributed greatly to the position we are in. But we must now face up to the reality that cod stocks are low and that the families and communities involved in the fishing industry who need support should receive it.
I strongly support the resolution to provide GBP 150 million of additional funding. I would urge the UK Government to take this up and use it in a very efficient way. One of the problems with funding of this type, as was found when it was used in Spanish waters, is that it is very difficult for the fishing boats, those tied up for the processing industry and others, to claim these funds. I would urge Commissioner Fischler to look at the way this money can be spent. If we offer people money and they cannot then obtain it, they will only end up more frustrated than they were before. I urge everybody to support this."@en1
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