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"Mr President, it is important to point out and to remember that river and inland fishing is not a competence of the EU, yet here we have in essence a proposal for eel management, which, in effect, asserts EU control over inland waters. So there is a question as to whether aspects of this proposal are
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Within Northern Ireland we have the largest commercial wild-eel fishery in Europe, centred on Lough Neagh and the lower River Bann. It supplies quality eels to much of Europe, particularly northern Europe. Efficiently run, it has been meeting its ecological obligations by already ensuring sufficient escapement of mature eels for spawning, and, at its own cost, funding restocking with junior eels. It would be absurd if it were now to be subjected to punitive restrictions because the greed and practices of others elsewhere in Europe have radically diminished European stocks.
The main cause of stock reduction is the export of elvers to the Far East. Last year, France alone exported eight tonnes of elvers. I therefore welcome the report’s attempts to curb this exporting of the future of the European eel industry. I also welcome moves to insist that eel farms should guarantee a percentage escapement of mature eels. All have a part to play in the recovery of the biomass, but particularly those who have to date squandered our resources.
I strongly support the rejection of a 15-day closure per month and I favour eel management plans that are specific to each individual river basin, rather than established on a national basis. I believe that will enable areas such as mine, which have looked after their product well and properly, to continue and to avoid draconian and unnecessary restrictions. That self-regulation and control should be an example to others.
I hope that under the EFF there will be restocking funding available and that it can be taken up."@en1
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