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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recovery of cod and hake stocks2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020612.9.3-312"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-12-Speech-3-3132
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Lage2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, fishing exploits natural resources which are, admittedly, renewable, but they are also fragile and easily destroyed. Because for centuries catching methods were of limited effectiveness, the idea arose that stocks were inexhaustible. This feeling still exists in some reactions against conservation policies. Nevertheless, in the face of a public opinion that cares about protecting nature and of the economic risks created by the collapse of some fish species, fishermen are realising that they must be marine life’s allies and not its enemies. It is in this context that any reform of fisheries policy must be seen, whether it is a wide-ranging reform or one designed to address specific situations, such as this one. The aim of the legislation currently under consideration, which is the subject of the excellent Stihler report, is to prevent the disaster that the extinction of fish as popular as cod and hake would represent. We can discuss the relative values of the recommended measures and the effectiveness of the method of implementing them; we can discuss the accuracy of the scientific data on which this method is based, but what cannot be underestimated is the danger threatening cod population units and, on a smaller scale, those for hake as well as the need to turn the situation around and to recover these population units. In our debates on fisheries, we have frequently come up against the uncertainty and the unreliability of scientific data. This is the justification for the Committee on Fisheries’ decision to make its proposals for hake more flexible. I wonder whether this is a step in the right direction. I have my doubts. For these reasons, I call on the Commission to set up a system of scientific and technically credible research on which to base our decisions. It is crucial that the Commission does this. Cod, as everyone knows, is one of the cornerstones of Portuguese cuisine, but man does not live by haute cuisine alone. Cod fishing in Newfoundland is deeply ingrained in the minds of our fishermen and has left indelible traces in Portuguese literature. We must, therefore, fight to save the cod!"@en1

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