Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-14-Speech-2-196-562"
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"en.20120214.15.2-196-562"2
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"I voted against this measure, as I fear European involvement in the fisheries sector of Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau is one of the least developed economies in the world. One third of GDP comes directly from foreign aid. While I support the notion of aiding Guinea-Bissau to develop self-sufficiency across the maritime and agrarian sectors, the EU has no track history of having a beneficial presence in third-country waters. On the whole, foreign EU vessels pillage the fish stocks of third countries in return for financial hand-outs which result in long-term lasting damage to the fisheries sector, destroying entire subsistence communities. It is hardly surprising that the contract allows for no fewer than 20 Spanish vessels to operate within the area. I am disgusted that the European Union would seek to take advantage of fish stocks in such a deprived country due to the EU’s own dwindling reserves as a result of over-fishing, and operate under the guise of development assistance. Instead Member States should be individually seeking to help Guinea-Bissau develop their maritime industry to enable them to trade independently with the wider world at a fair market price, not paying for our own vessels to trawl their waters dry."@en1
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