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"Mr President, thank you, Mrs Fraga Estévez, for your constructive and well-balanced report.
We have an election in Sweden. One of the election issues is the lack of cod. Voters ask me: ‘How am I to be ethical in eating fish?’ Only this week, I have given them six pages of recommendations on precisely that subject. We need labelling that is easily understandable so that we can go home with a clear conscience and eat good fish. Those who buy eco-labelled fish also want to know that the stock is not threatened. If the last cod is eaten, having been caught with very good equipment, in the correct way and under the right circumstances, it is still the last cod. Such a situation is emphatically not sustainable ecologically. I therefore think that Amendment 2 is important, emphasising as it does that threatened species, precisely by virtue of being threatened, simply cannot be fished in an ecologically responsible way.
I wish to emphasise two aspects of Mrs Fraga Estévez’ report. Independent control, as mentioned in paragraph 6, is very important in conferring credibility. Moreover, it is very important that we in some way facilitate clear labelling for small-scale fisheries. Clear labelling may constitute a competitive advantage for small-scale fisheries. We must therefore ensure that it can be exploited and puts small-scale fisheries in a fair competitive position."@en1
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