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"en.20020425.4.4-110"2
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"Parliament has today adopted a report on the multi-annual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets. In this connection, Parliament regrets the fact that quite a few Member States have not been able to comply with the commitments made to reduce the fleet. Inconsistently enough, continued support for measures designed to modernise and renew the fleet are, at the same time, being proposed.
The depletion of fish stocks in our seas is at present one of the most serious and most obvious problems in the ecological system. The European fishing fleet, which is estimated to have an over-capacity of 40%, naturally contributes to this depletion. If the objective of reducing the fishing fleet is successfully to be achieved, policy must be radically revised. It is not possible to continue with the generous subsidies at present being provided, in spite of the fact that it may appear commendable to improve working conditions and improve safety.
The Commission has, on a number of occasions, demonstrated that modernisation and renewal of the fleet also leads to increased fishing effort, which is quite the opposite of what is needed to ensure “a sustainable balance between the available stocks and their exploitation” which, as the report very rightly points out, is the principal objective of the multi-annual guidance programmes.
Since we were unable to support Parliament’s position in this area, we have chosen to vote against the report."@en1
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