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"The old Fisheries Protocol between the European Union and Greenland mainly benefited Germany, which received around 80% of the quota despite the fact that it used, on average, around 12%. The new protocol guarantees fewer fishing possibilities, arguing that this is a more accurate picture of the real catch. Nevertheless, we still need to resolve the fundamental issue of guaranteeing fishing possibilities for fleets from other Member States, which are able to make use of the predicted catch possibilities. Until such fishing possibilities are guaranteed, we cannot achieve greater balance in the cost of the protocol, which would be of economic and social benefit to these countries. We would also be disregarding the conclusions of the Council of Fisheries Ministers of October 1997, on the fisheries agreements and the underutilisation of quotas. Hence our proposal for an amendment, which seeks to ensure that all Member States can make use of the fishing possibilities that are available. The current situation is especially unfair to fleets such as Portugal’s, which has fished in those waters since the 1930s, although Portugal did not sign up to the protocol when it joined the European Union in 1986. The existence of a small quota for Portugal could reduce its fishing deficit by 12 000 tonnes, which would help to keep afloat the rest of its deep-sea fleet. I should point out that of the 52 factory ships that existed in 1990, only 14 are still operational."@en1
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