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"Mr President, no one with any common sense would deny or question the absolute need to preserve and protect our fishing resources, that is threatened marine species. We cannot accept a purely predatory attitude as if we were still living in prehistoric times but hunting with twenty-first century technology. There is no longer any reason for fishing to continue as a predatory activity. Nevertheless, the reform process has got off to a bad start, Commissioner Fischler, it has got bogged down in polemics and started off rather farcically, to put it mildly. Which means that it is already mortally wounded, which is a shame. It is attracting the opposition of those it is intended to help, who are up in arms.
The reform process needs objectivity and a calm and pedagogical approach, not the climate of guerrilla warfare that has broken out. Furthermore, this reform is too brutal and is being attacked by those it affects. It is an unbalanced reform which keeps the fishing industry of some countries intact. It is an unfair reform because it does not take into account on the one hand those who have flouted the rules and on the other those who have respected the policies established up to now in this field. It is a reform without any particularly rigorous scientific basis. That is what everyone is saying. Lastly, it is a technocrat's reform: it does not reflect the importance of cultures dating back thousands of years and lifestyles that must be protected. That is why we have reservations and are protesting."@en1
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