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"The conclusion of fisheries agreements by the EU with Developing World countries, which include many former colonies of current EU Member States, sounds better than it is. Everyone talks about the mutual benefit. For those countries, the shortage of funding is solved to a certain extent; for us, the shortage of fish. It means that European ships can use those waters for fishing at the expense of the European taxpayer who pays for three quarters of the compensation paid to the less wealthy countries involved. These are countries which have to sell their rights due to poverty.
Gabon, which is once again selling fishing rights for a three-year period, is itself obliged to import fish. Agreements of this kind are at the expense of these countries’ own coastal fishing, certainly if it is assumed that the protected territorial waters which fall outside the scope of the agreement extend for only six, instead of twelve, miles.
The rapporteur dutifully refers to the need for scientific research, the environmental drawbacks, alternative funding, development aid and the disadvantages for the countries involved. I share his views on many of the aspects he includes in his recitals but, unlike Mr Maat, I am not in favour of continuing with agreements of this kind."@en1
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