Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-22-Speech-2-385"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-02-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fish by-catch2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050222.21.2-385"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-22-Speech-2-3862
lpv:speaker	lp:Philippe Morillon2
lpv:spokenAs	member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; PECH (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-09--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (2004-07-20--2008-03-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, the debate that has just been held will have given you some indication of the keen interest my fellow Members and I have in the credibility of the common fisheries policy, whether this interest stems from a desire to strengthen it or, as in the case of a number of Members, to do quite the contrary, namely to challenge it. One of the arguments we hear put forward most frequently by those who challenge the need for a common fisheries policy relates to the volume of fish which the existing regulations encourage EU fishermen to discard, and which will not survive their capture anyway most of the time. As you are well aware, this problem has been a source of concern to our committee for many years, and has prompted your Commission, with our agreement, to arrange for several hundred studies to be carried out, with the aim of finding a solution if possible. It is also the reason behind my oral question to you, which I ask on behalf of the committee that I have the honour of chairing. As I stated in the question, by-catch is a global problem and remains one of the principal fisheries issues not to be addressed at present by an International Plan of Action by the FAO or by any other body. There is an urgent need to adopt an International Plan of Action on by-catch reduction, which could play a pivotal role in reducing by-catch internationally. A great many leading marine scientists and NGOs advocate the adoption of such a plan, and several member nations of the FAO have already committed to supporting such a proposal at the next meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in March 2005. As yet, no nation has pledged to take a lead in proposing this initiative. Given that the European Union is a major fishing power, is the European Commission therefore committed to taking a lead in proposing an International Plan of Action on by-catch reduction? Does the Commission recognise that if an International Plan of Action is not put on the FAO agenda in 2005, it will be necessary to wait for the next session in 2007? I should like to thank the Commissioner for having agreed to be present to answer both this question and the other questions my fellow Members will ask."@en1

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