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"Mr President, there was a report in the newspaper recently – and we examined it in the Fisheries Committee – about the cod catch in the North-East Atlantic and a bilateral agreement between Russia and Norway, two States which – together with other States such as Iceland, Poland and those of the European Union – are equal contracting parties in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. All the States, including Russia and Norway therefore, have committed themselves in this Commission not only to multilateral cooperation but also to obeying a common code. This is based, amongst other things, on technical data recommended by ICES, the scientific organisation, and now Russia and Norway want to break away and, on the basis of a bilateral agreement, fish possibly three to four times the quantity recommended by the scientists. This is incredible! Whenever anything connected with the misuse of resources has gone wrong in the EU in the past, we have always looked admiringly at the Norwegians and their fisheries management, but now we see that the Norwegians are no different from anybody else.
That is why this report by Mr Busk is so important. It is about a significant legal instrument which seeks to establish a coherent and permanent system of control measures involving all contracting parties in the areas mentioned. The experience of the fisheries commissions in the north-east and north-west Atlantic must be transferred into EU Community law. The EU can be the forerunner here. Is it? Can it sharpen its image as a driving force? If so it would be well on the way to marketing itself and its policy better than in the past. This is precisely what Commissioner Fischler has in mind; he is calling in general for an improved marketing strategy in the fisheries sector. Control measures at EU level and at Member State level need to be balanced out. This buck-passing game has to stop!"@en1
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