Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-16-Speech-4-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of deep-water coral reefs in certain areas of the Atlantic Ocean2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041216.6.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-16-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Schlyter2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I shall present the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on behalf of Mrs Hassi. When we discuss this issue, we need to imagine how it would be if the destruction taking place on the sea bed were instead to happen on land. Imagine if forests were to be uprooted, if all the animals in them were to die and if the birds were to become silent. People would be up in arms. We would all drown in letters from anxious people demanding that the forests be protected. Now, this is happening on the sea bed. The forests of the sea are coral reefs at the bottom of the sea, among fish that are unable to cry out. We here in Parliament must therefore speak on behalf of these bio- and eco-systems without a voice. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety has tried to express this voice in the form of amendments. I wish therefore to emphasise that the House should support Amendment No 8, which was adopted by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety but which, unfortunately, was rejected by the Committee on Fisheries. We must investigate what other deep-sea habitats need to be protected so that we might obtain a complete list of these. We must, of course, do this in cooperation with the ICES to avoid duplication of effort, but we must take responsibility for this list’s being compiled. I also wish to speak up for Amendment No 7, which picks up on the important aspect of there being equipment other than trawl nets that can damage the sea bed. That is why the rules should, of course, cover all equipment that may damage the sea bed, and it is wise to use the precautionary principle in these sensitive areas. I think, however, that we should retain the Commission’s proposal concerning zones and thus vote against the second half of the amendment. The zones have a scientific basis we are able to accept."@en1

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