Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-12-Speech-3-316"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recovery of cod and hake stocks2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020612.9.3-316"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-12-Speech-3-3172
lpv:speaker	lp:Neil Parish2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, firstly I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on a very courageous report. This is going to be very painful for all fishermen, because it will mean that there will be many reductions in the catch and many job losses. She refers to that in her report. There are some measures there to help fishermen. One thing we can be sure of is that fish do not recognise any border or boundary. We must also recognise that this is a cod and hake report. I want to make sure that we urge all colleagues to vote for hake to be reintroduced to this report. Otherwise we will be sitting here in the not very distant future saying that the hake stocks have been reduced so dramatically that we need even more draconian measures in order to reinstate them. The rapporteur said that hake stocks have been reduced by 50% since 1980, so we must take measures to make sure that they improve. We also have to accept that when fish are swimming in the sea they do not separate themselves out neatly, so when you go out to fish one particular species you cannot always be sure that is the only species you catch. We have to take a wider look at all the conservation measures. We must in particular find a solution to discards of fish, tradable quotas when you come ashore or whatever it may be. There must be a way to stop discarding healthy fish, because the stocks are not there and we must make sure that they are built up again. We have only to look at what has happened in Canada to see that if you carry on fishing then there is going to be no fish for anybody. It is also wrong for one particular Member State to exert enormous political pressure to try and have hake removed from this report and then try to get more fish for itself. At the end of the day it does not matter what nationality we are. If there are no fish, there are no stocks and nobody will be able to fish. We have to be sure that these measures are put in place. I again congratulate the rapporteur and ask that we all vote for what was originally a cod and hake report – and make sure that we do have a cod and hake report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-05-16--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Parish (PPE-DE )."1

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