Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-15-Speech-1-139"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recovery of the stock of European eel (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060515.17.1-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-15-Speech-1-1402
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	"Make no mistake: eels were the trailblazers. Long before we Europeans began to cooperate across borders, eels did so as part of their lifestyle. They converge in the Sargasso Sea from throughout Europe in order to meet each other and produce offspring, irrespective of national borders. In the last 40 years, however, eel stocks have declined by more than 75%. The most rapid decline has taken place over the last 20 years. It takes eels 20 years or more to reach sexual maturity, and it will be many years before we are able to fish for those eels being born today. This also means that it will be many years before we get to see the results of the measures, so it is time for all countries to help each other. Eels have already taken more of a beating than they can tolerate. Given that eels are a symbol of cross-border cooperation, it would be a symbolic failure for the whole of the EU and in terms of the whole future of the EU if we did not succeed in saving the eel."@en1

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