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The Commission’s proposal that a recovery plan be drawn up for cod stocks in the North Sea and surrounding waters comes in response to data suggesting that the stocks in question are on the brink of collapse. Fishing activity would decline as a result, thereby affecting fishing communities on the east, west and north coasts of Ireland, northern Scotland and the Scottish Northern and Western Isles.
These areas are peripheral and highly vulnerable, since there is limited scope for diversifying the local economy, and access to markets is restricted. Consequently, since this report aims to balance the need to pursue its stated aims on the recovery of stocks with the socio-economic impact on the fisheries sector and the communities which depend so heavily on this industry, I could only support it.
I believe that the report’s emphasis on flexibility and local participation – particularly, as the rapporteur also suggests, that of fishermen and regional advisory councils – in the recovery of stocks is crucial in this connection.
Just as interesting is the call for a report to be drawn up on the impact of industrial fishing on cod stocks, which is still a controversial issue."@en1
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